Analysis Of Teacher Talk Of The Primary Grammar Lesson In TCSL

This study,take Mr.Liu who's from Beijing Language and Culture University and Ms.Bi who's from the University of Washington as an example,discuss the characteristics of the teacher talk of the primary grammar lesson in TCSL.And the emphases of the study is the speed,the question,negotiation of meaning and the feedback of teacher talk.And here are the several points we found out from the study.First,teachers could try to teach students at the speed which is close to the normal speed.Second,as for the form of question,the two teachers like to ask wh-question most.Third,the amount of the display question and reference question that teacher asks should be decided by teacher according to the different situations.Four,the two teachers prefers to give students evaluation feedback,and they focus on the form of language more than the meaning of language.Five,the two teachers tend to repeat students' answers when they give students positive feedback.Six,the ways that they usually give students negative feedback is explicit correction,meter-language,recast and induction.Seven,comparing to Mr.Liu who teaches in China,Ms.Bi who teaches Chinese in USA tends to explain grammar in English when it's necessary.