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ERIC Number: ED145720
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1976-Nov
Pages: 29
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Breaking the Rules of the Classroom Game Through Self Analysis.
Fanselow, John F.
The patterns of moves in one type of teaching setting is very fixed: the teacher sets the stage for the learning, then sets tasks or asks questions for others to respond to and then comments on the performances. The problem with this pattern in language classrooms is that language is used differently in non-teaching settings. If students are exposed only to the typical teaching pattern, they will not be able to converse in a non-teaching setting. One way to introduce a wider range of patterns into one's classroom is to describe the patterns that exist and then alter them so they more closely parallel the range of patterns found in daily discourse. To help practicing teachers analyze their teaching, transcribed exchanges from Sesame Street, a TV soap opera, conversations in the park and at cocktail parties would be presented, along with transcribed exchanges from a range of second language classrooms. Participants at a session would first be introduced to the four types of moves. They would then be presented with examples of each and would code some of the excerpts. Finally, activities that can produce a range of patterns of moves in classroom settings would be presented and engaged in. (Author/CLK)
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