Abstract

 English is a language used as a tool for people to communicate. The core of communication is interaction. Communication derives essentially from interaction. The quality of interaction is thought to have a considerable influence on language learning. What is interaction? Interaction is the collaborative exchange of information, experience, thoughts, ideas, attitudes, feelings and so on in a given situation between two or among more people resulting in a reciprocal effect on each other. That means interaction is made up of three parts: the sender, the receiver and the context of situation. It has two types: verbal interaction, non-verbal interaction. What is classroom interaction? Classroom interaction includes teacher-students interaction, students-students interaction. Therefore, classroom interaction means the collaborative exchange of knowledge, thoughts or feelings in the class between teacher and students or among students. This thesis aims to help teachers know more about classroom interaction and understand how important it is for the successful class. The author mainly elaborates four parts around classroom interaction. The introduction makes readers get the meaning of interaction and helps them to know the purpose of this study. The first part introduces what teacher should do in interaction classroom. The second part shows some strategies to promote interaction in English classroom. The third part offers a kind of teaching method called Total Physical Response (TPR) and some activities according to TPR. TPR fully embodies the content of interaction. The fourth part gives kinds of interaction activities and their advantages. The conclusion sums up main points of the thesis.

Key words: classroom interaction  TPR  English teaching  strategies  activities

摘 要

英语是一种交流工具。交流的中心是互动，交流源于互动。互动的质量对语言学习有着极大的影响。什么是互动？互动是两人或多人之间，在一定的情境下，信息，经验，想法，态度，情感等的交流，在交流过程中产生了互惠的作用，这意味着互动由三部分组成：输出者，接受者，语境。互动有言语互动与非言语互动。什么是课堂互动？课堂互动分为师生互动，生生互动，所以课堂互动是师生，生生间知识，情感想法等的交流。本文旨在了解互动的重要性，作者主要从四个方面阐述课堂互动。引言部分介绍互动的意义以及该研究的意义。第一部分阐述在互动课堂中教师的任务。第二部分介绍促进课堂互动的策略。它充分体现了互动的原则。第三部分根据互动的特点介绍一种教学法-全身反应教学法。第四部分给出了许多的互动活动及作用。结语总结了本文主要观点。

关键词：课堂互动  英语教学  全身反应法  策略  活动