Non-verbal Cues and Tonal Contour as Meaning Making Mediums in EFL Pre-service Teachers’ Mock Teaching Talk

• 발행기관: 한국영어학학회
• 저자명: Jina Lee
• 간행물 정보: 『영어학연구』제30권 4호, 23~43쪽, 전체 21쪽
• 주제분류: 어문학 > 영어와문학
• 파일형태: PDF
• 발행일자: 2024.11.30

국문 초록

Mock teaching of pre-service teachers in English as a Foreign Language (EFL) programs is critical to improve teaching skills. This paper investigates the meaning-making mediums employed during these sessions, focusing on how they contribute to pre-service language teachers’ talk in the pedagogical process. The investigation employs a micro-discourse analysis of three EFL pre-service teachers’ mock teaching sessions. By examining how these meaning making multimodal elements operate within the instructional discourse, the result shows effectiveness of interplay between non-verbal cues and tonal contour as follows. The interplay of various non-verbal cues and tonal contour were observed mostly in explaining new concepts, students’ engagement, providing feedback, overcoming pre-service teachers’ limited English proficiency in teaching. The overall finding, therefore, indicates that the effective use of gestures, facial expressions, and tonal contour is integral to successful teaching practice and suggests recommendations for integrating these conversational cues training within EFL teacher education programs.

목차

1. Introduction

2. Meaning Making Mediums in Teacher Talk

3. Micro-Discourse Analysis of Nonverbal Cues with Tonal Contour

4. Concluding Remarks

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키워드

meaning making EFL pre-service teachers mock teaching gesture tonal contour