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@article{ART001992313},
author={정혜영 and CHA, Kyung-Whan},
title={Small Talk as Strategies in the Classroom},
journal={Modern English Education},
issn={1598-0782},
year={2015},
volume={16},
number={2},
pages={121-139}

TY - JOUR
AU - 정혜영
AU - CHA, Kyung-Whan
TI - Small Talk as Strategies in the Classroom
JO - Modern English Education
PY - 2015
VL - 16
IS - 2
PB - The Modern English Education Society
SP - 121
EP - 139
SN - 1598-0782
AB - This research explores small talk in the classroom. Since small talk in English classrooms of Korea has lain entirely unacknowledged with little research, its role in classroom discourse needs further theorization. The survey and interview were conducted in high schools in Korea, where 50 Korean EFL teachers, 33 teachers of other subjects, and 118 students participated. The result indicated that the teachers who employed small talk competently understood three aspects of small talk: linguistic aspects that enable meaningful communication, cognitive aspects which facilitate students’ background knowledge to link their daily lives to textbook knowledge in an interesting and motivating way, and sociolinguistic aspects that build rapport. Most EFL teachers as well as the students in the survey also acknowledged the necessity of small talk for initiating the class and were willing to learn small talk strategies. From the class observation and the interview with the teachers, it was found that small talk in EFL classrooms is different from real-life small talk in several respects. Finally, after identifying the small talk patterns in the actual high school classrooms, we discussed the findings to develop more feasible and effective ways of implementing small talk strategies in EFL contexts.
KW - small talk;EFL learning;teaching techniques
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정혜영 and CHA, Kyung-Whan. (2015). Small Talk as Strategies in the Classroom. Modern English Education, 16(2), 121-139.

정혜영 and CHA, Kyung-Whan. 2015, "Small Talk as Strategies in the Classroom", Modern English Education, vol.16, no.2 pp.121-139.

정혜영, CHA, Kyung-Whan "Small Talk as Strategies in the Classroom" Modern English Education 16.2 pp.121-139 (2015) : 121.

정혜영, CHA, Kyung-Whan. Small Talk as Strategies in the Classroom. 2015; 16(2), 121-139.

정혜영 and CHA, Kyung-Whan. "Small Talk as Strategies in the Classroom" Modern English Education 16, no.2 (2015) : 121-139.

정혜영; CHA, Kyung-Whan. Small Talk as Strategies in the Classroom. Modern English Education, 16(2), 121-139.

정혜영; CHA, Kyung-Whan. Small Talk as Strategies in the Classroom. Modern English Education. 2015; 16(2) 121-139.

정혜영, CHA, Kyung-Whan. Small Talk as Strategies in the Classroom. 2015; 16(2), 121-139.

정혜영 and CHA, Kyung-Whan. "Small Talk as Strategies in the Classroom" Modern English Education 16, no.2 (2015) : 121-139.