Class interactions

1. Classroom Interactions
STUDENT: MARÍA FERNANDA MENA SALCEDO.
SUBJECT: ENGLISH METHODOLOGY.

2. Classroom interaction
The classroom interaction mainly describes the content of behavior
or social interaction in the classroom.

3. Participants in
classroom interaction
Main participants:
Teacher & Learners Relations:
* Teacher – Learners
* Learner – Learner
* Teacher – Learner
* Learner - Learners

4. Objectives of Classroom Interaction
• This type of interaction helps the learners
to identify their own learning methods.
• This interaction will guide the learners to
communicate with their peers easily and
will give them an exposure to the vase
genres of language learning.
• It will help the learner to come face to
face with the various types of interaction
that can take place inside the classroom.

5. Objectives of Classroom Interaction
• Classroom Interaction aims at meaningful communication among the students in their
target language.
• It also aims at probing into the learner’s prior learning ability and his way of
conceptualizing facts and ideas.
• This practice will help the teacher to have a detailed study of the nature and the
frequency of student interaction inside the classroom.

6. Teacher’s Role
* It is very crucial.
* It is the responsibility of the teacher to create
a learning atmosphere inside the classroom.
* It is through these interactive sessions that
the teacher can extract responses from learners
and motivate them to come out with new ideas
related to the topic.

7. Types of Classroom Interaction
* Collaborative Learning
* Discussions and Debates
* Interactive Sessions
* Loud Reading
* Story-telling
* Soliloquies
* Conversation with
learners
* Role Play

8. Merits
Through classroom interaction the learners will be able to get
themselves involved with concepts, ideas and various other devices
and products for language and culture learning.

9. References
Omvig, C. P. (1989). Teacher/student classroom interaction in vocational education. Kentucky:
Department of Vocational Education, College of Education, University of Kentucky. (ERIC
Document Reproduction Service No. ED342943)
GORDON MARSHALL. “Classroom interaction" A Dictionary of Sociology. 1998.
Robinson, K. H. (1992). Classroom discipline: Power, resistance and gender. A look at teacher
perspectives.Gender and Education, 4, 273-287.
Sadker, D., Sadker, M., & Bauchner, J. (1984). Teacher reactions to classroom responses of male
and female students. Washington, DC: National Institute of Education. (ERIC Document
Reproduction Service No. ED245839)
Smith, D. (1991). Classroom interaction and gender disparity in secondary vocational
instruction. The Journal of Vocational Education Research, 16, 35-58.

10. Thank you!