Abstract

Oral feedback plays an important part of teacher talk, which is not only an indispensable tool for teachers to interact with students, but also an essential factor in learner's language acquisition process. In this paper, classroom observation, video recording and questionnaire are adopted to investigate present status of English teachers’ oral feedback in Cangqian Middle School to know about the following three questions: First, what percentage of teachers’ classroom language is oral feedback? Second, what is the percentage of each type of teachers’ oral feedback? Third, what are students’ attitudes towards different types of oral feedback?

Key Words: middle school; English teaching; teachers’ feedback; oral feedback

Contents

Abstract

摘  要

1. Introduction.1

       1.1. Significance of the Study1

       1.2. Background of the Study .1

2.   Literature Review.2

       2.1. Definition of Feedback.2

       2.2. Classification of Oral Feedback2

       2.3. Effects of Teachers’ Oral Feedback.4

       2.4. Relevant Studies at Home and Abroad.4

3.   Methodology.6

       3.1 Research Questions6

       3.2 Research Subjects6

       3.3 Research Instrument6

              3.3.1 Classroom Observation and Recordings6

              3.3.2 Questionnaire.7

       3.4 Data Collection7

4.   Results and Discussion.8

       4.1 Results and Analysis of Classroom Observation.8

       4.2 Results and Analysis of Questionnaires9

5.   Conclusions.11

       5.1 Possible Findings.11

       5.2 Suggestions to Teacher’s Oral Feedback in English Class11

       5.3 Limitations and Prospects11

References.12