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EFL Classroom Discourse

This course has been designed and offered by Prof. S. Papaefthymiou-Lytra. It deals with the ELT classroom discourse and the major factors (such as linguistic, pragmatic, intercultural etc.) that may influence it positively or negatively. Specifically, it focuses on (a) teacher talk and its function in the classroom in relation to the approach, material etc. adopted for learning/teaching purposes, (b) learner talk and its function concerning language learning and language use in the aforementioned context.