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THE PURPOSE OF THIS PAPER The purpose of this paper is to analyze the classroom interaction in Brazilian Public Secondary School answering the following questions:
QUESTIONS
What proportion of the total classroom interaction can be attributed to the teacher? What characterizes the teachers contributions to the interaction? Did the teachers contributions display primarily Linguistic or Communicative functions? Does the instructor modify his/her speech in any way when addressing the students?
WHAT IS INTERACTION?
Interaction can be defined as the process whereby two or more people engage in reciprocal action. This action may be verbal or nonverbal. The interactive aspects of communication are: (a) transmitting messages, (b) receiving messages, and (c) giving feedback.
METHODOLOGY
Subjects The sample for the study consisted of a class in a public secondary School in Salobrinho, suburb of Ilhus city. The class chosen was Stima Srie A (Seventh degree A). There were 35 students in the class of beginner level. Students ranged in age from eleven to fifteen years, averaging fourteen years. There were sixteen male students and nineteen female students.
METHODOLOGY
The class was arranged physically in a row of desks. Seven lines of five desks in each line. The teacher was a male, in his forties, who has been teaching since1987. He has worked at Salobrinhos public school for eight years. He has tried to applied a communicative approach. But, he thinks that it is difficult work on it, once there are a great number of students in the classroom, and a lack of materials. Then, he emphasizes the reading skill.
METHODOLOGY
Procedure The data, generated from audio tape recordings of three class sessions of one day a week for three weeks, provided the basis for analysis.