Chapter one Overall Statement 1
1.1 Introduction 1
1.2 Teacher talk and classroom interaction 5
1.3 The problem in classroom interaction 7
1.4 The purpose of the research 9
1.5 The significance of the research 10
1.6 The structure of the book 12
Chapter Two Theoretical Background 14
2.1 Teacher questions 14
2.2 Psycholinguistic Interactionist theories 19
2.3 Relationship between Interaction and language learning 26
2.4 Social Interactionist theories 33
Chapter Three Literature Review 39
3.1 Question types 39
3.2 Questioning strategies 48
3.3 Wait-time 53
3.4 Teacher feedback 55
3.5 Summary 60
Chapter Four Methodology and Data 62
4.1 Research purposes 62
4.2 Subjects 63
4.3 Methodology 65
4.4 Procedures of data collection and analysis 69
4.5 Summary 73
Chapter Five Findings 75
5.1 Priority of display questions over referential ones and lower-level questions over higher-level ones 76
5.2 Fewer questioning strategies applied in class 82
5.3 Less wait-time for students to figure out the answers 84
5.4 More positive feedback than negative feedback 87
5.5 Summary 90
Chapter Six Discussion of the Results 92
6.1 Question types and students'oral production in class 92
6.2 Questioning strategies and students'oral production in class 96
6.3 Wait-time and students'oral production in class 100
6.4 Teacher feedback and students'oral production in class 101
Chapter Seven Implication and Suggestion 114
7.1 Summary of the research 114
7.2 Implications of the study 116
7.3 Limitations of the study 125
7.4 Suggestions for the future research 126
Bibliography 128
Appendix Ⅰ Codes of transcription 136
Appendix Ⅱ Results of the questionnaire survey to students 137
Appendix Ⅲ Results of the questionnaire survey to teachers 140
Appendix Ⅳ Interview questions to students 143
Appendix Ⅴ Interview questions to teachers 145
Appendix Ⅵ Sample transcript of one teacher 146