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The Learning Space of Teacher Feedback and the effect of Pauses in Classroom Language

  • Journal of Studies on Schools and Teaching
  • Abbr : JSST
  • 2023, 8(1), pp.85-129
  • DOI : 10.23041/jsst.2023.8.1.004
  • Publisher : Education Research Institute at CNUE
  • Research Area : Social Science > Education
  • Received : December 30, 2022
  • Accepted : February 27, 2023
  • Published : February 28, 2023

Jong-Hyun Kim 1

1청주교육대학교

Accredited

ABSTRACT

This study aimed to show how the space for learning in classroom proceeds through the internal array of teacher feedback within the three-turn initiation-response-feedback (IRF) sequence. The observed data was extracted from actual classrooms in Korean primary schools and high schools. The observations are given to characterizing how the feedback of the third turn position contributes to the continuous proceeding of three-turn sequence in classroom language. Specifically, we focused on the following two issues. First, based on the classroom data, we describe and analyze what is to be done through the teacher’s feedback turn. We come to highlight the ways in which teacher feedback is so explicated or so brief, and draw an estimation about how the construct of a series of feedback pattern keeps company with the interactional competence of feedback. In order to make the issue empirically concrete, the spatial array of several feedback exchanges has been characterized in terms of the sequential pattern ranging from [acceptance] to [questioning more] or [announcing next act]. Second, concerning the role of pauses in classroom language, what is conveyed by a pause is also a good instance of learning space. Based on these findings, two types of pauses are taken to present in terms of conversational turn-taking, being either within-turn or between-turns. It is also discussed that pauses are versatile in their interactional competence. Moreover, the occurrence of a pause may show a very signal of wait time, or a signal of the selection of the speaker. In this regard, the pause interval is shown to be a significant feature of classroom interactional competence. By addressing these issues, we gained a better understanding about the three-turn IRF sequence, not only as a space for learning but also as a space for interaction.

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