Abstract

BONAVETTI, María Cecilia. Oral interaction in the classroom: An up-close view at the English as a Foreign Language Teaching Program at Universidad Adventista del Plata. Enfoques [online]. 2015, vol.27, n.1, pp.51-77. ISSN 1669-2721.

This study examines the way in which English majors and their teachers at Universidad Adventista del Plata interact with one another in the foreign language classrooms when they are involved in oral communication with pedagogical aims. The information obtained has been compared to and contrasted with the types of oral interaction that occur in the ideal classroom as understood by “Communicative Language Teaching”, one of the most widely accepted approaches to language teaching around the world. The results show that in spite of certain areas where improvement could be made, the classes observed can be considered communicative in the strictest sense of the word.

Keywords : Oral Interaction; Classroom Interaction; TALOS (Target Language Observation Scheme); Communicative Language Teaching; English as a Foreign Language Teaching Program; Universidad Adventista del Plata.