English Language Teaching in its Social Context

280 ANGEL M. Y. LIN478.8479 T:479.5479.8 T:481.5483T:483.8484T:487488 T:492492.5T:492.8493 T:494.3494.5 T:495495.5T:498498.3T:498.5498.8T:499499.5 T:500 L500.5 T:Some Ss {speaking in their scats} : Baa-Gaak-Daaht!No, not ! (many students raisc their hands now andT points to a boy}Boy 1 {stands up and speaks}: !, how to spell . . . ? English , in English . . .. {Girl 1 raises her hand again;T turns to her and gestures her tospeak} Yes,Girl 1 {stands up and speaks}: b-a-g-h . . . &a-d{ T writes it on thcblackboard as the girl spells it }Yes! ?Some Ss {speaking up in their seats}: ! !No, Baghdad, Baghdad, Baghdad . . .Ss {speaking up in their seats }: Monkeys!Ycs! {T writes the word “monkey” on the blackboard} , what is the na::mc of this island? Can you spell theword? { Another girl raises her hand } Yes,Girl 2 {stands up and spcaks} : Z-u-g . . .z-u-g . . .Girl 2 {standing up} : (d)No, b, b for boy. { T writes the word “Zugb” on the board } Some Ss {speaking in their seats } : Zugb!Z :: ugb ::Ss {repeating in their seats }: ZUGB!!! Zugb!! Au ugly place for the ugly men. ?Boy {speaking in his seat}: ! { Another boy raiscs hishand}YCS,Boy 2: ?Another boy {speaking in his scat}: !!{stands up and speaks} : Giant.Giant! Very good! Yes! { T writes the word “giant” on board }In the excerpt above, the tcachcr dramatizes, with intonations and gestures, the part of thestory about Sinbad sailing in a boat.The teacher then asks the students where Sinbad is sailingback to (last three lines in turn [469]).The teacher gives negative feedback to a student’s answer in turn [478.5]. Some otherstudents immediately speak out their answers from their seats (turn [478 .SI). The teachersignals to a boy to speak.The boy stands up from his scat and givcs his answer (turn [479.5]:Baa-Gaak-Daaht). We see that in this way, the teacher maintains the practice of having a“student-bids-and-teacher-accepts” pre-sequcncc to a student rcsponse.This time the student’s answcr is corrcct (turn I479.51: Baa-Gaak-Daaht).The teacherrepeats it and immcdiatcly initiates another question in the feedback-cum-initiation slot(turn [479.8]).This question is interesting. It scems to belong to a different type of questionfrom the first question she asks (see last linc in turn [469]: Sinbad . . . sailing back