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The Discourse of Whole Class Teaching: A Comparative Study of Kenyan and Nigerian Primary English Lessons
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Abd-Kadir, Jan; Hardman, Frank – Language and Education, 2007
This paper explores the discourse of whole class teaching in Kenyan and Nigerian primary school English lessons. Twenty lessons were analysed using a system of discourse analysis focusing on the teacher-led three-part exchange sequence of Initiation-Response-Feedback (IRF). The focus of the analysis was on the first and third part of the IRF…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Discourse Analysis, Classroom Communication, Foreign Countries