The Backchannels on English as a Foreign Language Teaching

Classroom Discourse Analysis of Lecturer and Students’ Interaction of Borneo University Tarakan

DOI

10.2991/assehr.k.211219.015How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Discourse Analysis; Classroom Discourse; Backchannels

Abstract

This study aimed to investigate; the types of backchannels and why the research participants in this study used backchannels in their classroom interaction. A case study involving a female lecturer and a female selected student met the criteria. The data were gathered from the research participants in the form of observation and interviews. This study revealed that (1) the types of backchannels used by the participants in the classroom interactions were backchannels vocal and backchannels silent. The backchannels vocal consisted of words form, phrases form, sentences form, and sounds identification; meanwhile, the backchannel silent concerned on head nods, the facial expression of the smile, gestural signal, and eyes movement; (2) the reasons why the participants uttered and produced both backchannel vocal and backchannel silent were to show the continuers signal, the statements signal, the social conditions, and the emotional signal.

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© 2021 The Authors. Published by Atlantis Press SARL.

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This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC license.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Fitriawati
AU  - Bibit Suhatmady
PY  - 2021
DA  - 2021/12/23
TI  - The Backchannels on English as a Foreign Language Teaching
BT  - Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Innovation in Education and Pedagogy (ICIEP 2020)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 79
EP  - 84
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.211219.015
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.211219.015
ID  - 2021
ER  -