Learning Activity 1.1

1. CLASSROOM INTERACTION
Student: Aura Villa
Teacher: Dolores Ortega

2. DEFINITIONS:
O It is a social interaction or development
between the teacher and the students in
the classroom.
O It examines the relationship between
them.
O It has do with the development of the two
very important language skills: speaking
and listening among the learners.

3. PRINCIPLES:
The classroom interaction falls into ten
dimensions of teaching that are linked to:
1. Student achievement
2. Social development
This makes a class well organized, and
each of this dimensions falls into one of
three broad categories: emotional support,
classroom organization and instructional
support.

4. 1. Emotional support
Refer to the ways teachers help students to
develop a good and interesting class:
a. Positive climate: the emotional
connections that teachers have with
students, as well as the peer interactions.
b. Negative climate: the level of expressed
negativity such as anger, hostility by
teachers and or students in the classroom.

5. c. Teacher sensitivity: teacher´s
responsiveness to students´ academic and
emotional needs.
d. Regard for students perspectives:
teachers´ interactions with students to
emphasis students' interests., motivations
and points of view.

6. 2. Classroom organization
When teachers help students to develop
skills to regulate their behavior, get more
learning, and maintain their interests:
a. Behavior management: how well
teachers monitor, prevent, and redirect
misbehavior.
b. Productivity: how well the class runs
with the routines, how well students
understand it, and the degree to which
teachers provide it.

7. c. Instructional learning formats: teachers
engage students in the activities and
facilitate them so that learning opportunities
are maximized.

8. 3. Instruction support.
Teachers effectively support students´
cognitive development and language
growth:
a. Concept development: teachers
introduce instructional discussion and
activities to promote thinking skills and
cognition.
b. Quality of feedback: teachers expand
participation and learning through feedback

9. c. Language modeling: the extent to which
teachers stimulate, facilitate and encourage
students´ language use.

10. OBJECTIVES OF
CLASSROOM
INTERACTION
O It helps the learners to identify their own
learning methods.
O Will guide the leaners to communicate
with their peers easily.
O Classroom interaction aims at meaningful
communication among the students in
their target language.
O This practice helps the teacher to assist
students with their questions and doubts.

11. TYPES OF CLASSROOM
INTERACTION
O Collaborative learning
O Discussions and debates
O Interactive session
O Loud reading
O Story-telling
O Role play

12. TEACHER´S ROLE
O Passive and crucial
O Create a learning atmosphere in
classroom
O Interactive sessions to move learners and
motivate them
O Construct an innovative learning
O Be a friend and advisor
O Show them their potential

13. Interacting with students

14. CONCLUSION
O Through classroom interaction between
teachers and students, our learners will be
able to get themselves involved with
concepts, ideas and various other devices
and products for their own learning.

15. END
THANKS FOR THE ATTENTION
2015-2016