Classroom Interaction in Oral Language Learning Events Created by EFL Storytelling-based Games
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The paper aims at discussing some examples of classroom interaction in the context of playing “One Word/Sentence at a Time” and “Story Cubes” games by Polish secondary school students of English. First, it gives an overview of definitions and major types of classroom interaction. Second, it presents the opportunities for classroom interaction offered by a game-like environment. Then, the action research study conducted with a group of EFL learners is presented. The participants were recorded in the course of storytelling-oriented lessons and their stories were transcribed. Summing up the data gathered throughout the study, it is evident that the games offer a highly interactive FL classroom environment in which various categories of student-talk intertwine with teacher-talk.
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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.17951/nh.2019.4.35-51
Date of publication: 2019-09-13 22:32:40
Date of submission: 2019-01-12 10:27:44
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