This study examined the effects of teacher talk on creating conditions for foreign language and thinking skills development. Through the lens of socio-cultural theory, we looked at the learning affordance/constraints that teachers in eight English speaking classes at a university in Vietnam created for learners via their actions and interactions with students. Two main, but contrastive interaction patterns emerged from this analysis. In one pattern, extended teacher talk could provide learners with more input, but at the same time deprive them of the opportunity to produce meaning-focused output and exercise highorder thinking skills. |
