Action study of teacher's language on EFL classroom interaction

Abstract

From the perspective of the interactive theories and theories of second language acquisition, this paper explores the influence of the teachers' language upon the EFL classroom interaction. The action research in this paper is based on a small-scale research, which served as a means to find the problems occurring in the teachers' language in EFL classroom. We make a class observation 10 English teachers and 102 freshmen of non-English majors from HIT. The research results show that the teachers' language has a great influence on the students' language acquisition. In the end, a series of strategies for improving teachers' language are summarized. © 2011 ACADEMY PUBLISHER Manufactured in Finland.