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4.1 Analysis of the amount of teacher talk and student talk in classroom interaction
In response to the research question 1, the amount of teacher talk and student talkin the four lessons will be analyzed and discussed at some length based on the resultsby the classroom recordings, students’ questionnaire and teachers’ interview.The ratio of teacher talk time (TTT) and student talk time (STT) in the total 45minutes (a period of class) has been calculated and presented in the following table. As this table indicates, the time occupied by teachers in senior high school is 89minutes in total while only 41 minutes for ST in the total of 180 minutes. Student talktakes up only 16% to 33% of the total class time; the mean is 22.75%, in which thestudents in the present study had no opportunity to carry discussion in topics orexpress their own ideas in English but to just answer questions raised by their teachersin class, resulting in students’ small amount of talk time. While teacher talk accountsfor 33% to 58% of the total class time, the mean is 49.5%, which reveals that teachersdominate the class and talk most of the class time.
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Conclusion

Based on classroom observations and tape-transcriptions as well as students’questionnaire and teachers’ interview, the present study yields the following severalfindings.Firstly, the amount of teacher talk still outweighs student talk in Senior highschool English classroom. And most of teacher talk is mechanical repetition resultingin little interaction between the teacher and students.Secondly, the observed teachers prefer display questions to referential questions,for the display question is very easy and convenient to conduct. Meanwhile, theteachers are inclined to direct the questions to the whole class instead of individualstudent in order to save time.Thirdly, the observed teachers frequently give simple praise among positivefeedbacks, which is time-saving and an effective way of teacher feedback; in terms ofnegative feedback, the teachers are more likely to provide elicitation among correctivefeedbacks.In a nutshell, the teacher still dominates the class in Senior high school languageclassroom, which can not help students involve in the effective and interactive processof learning.
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