Exploring Discourse Analysis of Teacher's Feedback in English Class Based on Initiate-Response-Feedback Mode

• In Event: Hilton Roundtable Session 6
  In Roundtable Session: Exploring School-Based Supports for Literacy and Writing

Abstract

Initiate-Response-Feedback (IRF) is a basic discourse mode in English class, but its rigid and static mode has brought some disadvantages. The IRF mode limits the transmission of teaching content and hinders communication between the teacher and students. Over time, it will cause the students’ low participation in the class and affects students’ in-depth study. However, teachers can use positive feedback to effectively solve the problems of IRF. This proposal aims to analyze the discourse in English classes of junior high school based on IRF. It is found that the more positive feedback the teacher adopted, the more teacher-student interaction will be, and the more Prompt and Restate can be used to better encourage students to express themselves.

Authors

• Kaiwei He, East China Normal University

• Jiahui Ruan, East China Normal University

• lijiao yue, East China Normal University

• Xiaoqing Gu, East China Normal University