Chapter 6: Learning Take Place in Social Interacction.

Question nº4:

How could you know if a classroom you were observing REALLY contained social interaction? Create a list of factors that we can look for when we visit classes.


The class should have purposeful activities, ideally written down on the board.

The class should link English with other interesting subjects for students.

The teacher should engage students in simulation and replication activities, or at least in one of them.

The class should not be focussed just on grammatical competence (usage) but also on the correct "use" of the language.

The students must be able to apply the knowledge they acquire in the class when negotiating meaning in real and authentic situations.

The teacher should give the students a chance of having some minutes of the class for talking freely about their previous day, and then the teacher could assess their students by asking them a report of what they talked.