Mode

Pedagogic Aims

Interactional Features

Managerial

­ To convey information

­ To organize the physical learning contexts

­ To present or accomplish any task

­ To move and change from a learning manner to another one

­ A sole, extended teacher turn which uses clarifications and/or guidelines

­ The usage of temporary markers

­ The usage of conformational forms

­ A lack of student participation

Materials

­ To run language exercise around a part of material

­ To produce answers in linked to the materials

­ To check and confirm responses

­ To explain when needed

­ To assess inputs

­ Wide use of questions

­ Form intensive feedback

­ Helpful repair

­ The usage of scaffolding

Skills and systems

­ To allow students to produce right forms

­ To allow students to use the L2

­ To offer helpful feedback

­ To provide students with exercise in sub-skills

­ To show right answers

­ To use of straight repair

­ The usage of scaffolding

­ Extended teacher opportunities

­ Show questions

­ Teacher echo

­ Explaining requests

­ Form intensive feedback

Classroom context

­ To allow students to express themselves

­ To create a setting

­ To encourage spoken fluency

­ Extended student chances

­ Short teacher turns

­ Minimal repair

­ Content response

­ Referential queries and questions

­ Scaffolding

­ Explanation requirements