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    Group discussions : the teacher's role?

    Reinders, Hayo; Lewis, Marilyn; Tsang, Rebecca

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    2003
    Citation:
    Reinders, H. , Lewis, M. , & Tsang, R. 2003. Group discussions : the teacher's role? Asian Journal of English Language Teaching (AJELT) 13, 61-73. NOTE: This is research undertaken prior to the author being affiliated with the Unitec Institute of Technology.
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    Abstract
    Group discussions are a popular way of increasing the opportunities for authentic talk by language learners. However groups can also present problems: one or two learners may dominate talk or teachers may have difficulty in adapting to a less up-front teaching role. This article reports a small action-research project which shows how teachers can monitor and adjust their roles. The teacher-researcher wanted to adapt her directive teaching style to a more facilitative role with small groups. She analysed her own language and its effects on learners’ talk over three sessions in which three different groups of students were discussing a movie. On each occasion this analysis led to her modifying her language in the next session. This study suggests a process whereby other teachers could carry out action research in order to monitor their teaching. The actual effect of a teacher reducing her own intervention suggests that while a decrease in teacher talk may be helpful, this is not the only consideration. Teacher intervention may sometimes be important to maintain interaction levels.
    Keywords:
    second language acquisition (SLA), ESL, English teacher's roles
    ANZSRC Field of Research:
    200303 English as a Second Language
    Copyright Holder:
    The Chinese University of Press
    Copyright Notice:
    This is a preprint of an article submitted for consideration in the Asian Journal of English Language Teaching © The Chinese University of Hong Kong 2003. Only the abstract is available online at this time: Asian Journal of English Language Teaching
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    http://www.cuhk.edu.hk/ajelt/vol13/art4.htm
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    This digital work is protected by copyright. It may be consulted by you, provided you comply with the provisions of the Act and the following conditions of use: Any use you make of these documents or images must be for research or private study purposes only, and you may not make them available to any other person. You will recognise the author's and publishers rights and give due acknowledgement where appropriate.
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