Abstract English Teacher Talk plays a dual role in ELT classroom teaching, it is not only the important tool of organizing teaching for teachers, but also the main source of language acquisition for students. Adopting appropriate Teacher Talk in the organization of class can stimulate students’ learning interest and strengthen their confidence in learning target language. First of all, the paper lists the present problems of Teacher Talk in teaching practice. Then it discusses ways of how to construct Teacher Talk from the following aspects: construction of beneficial language learning environment; construction of sufficient interaction and construction of harmonious relationship. This paper mainly uses the Speech Act Theory to analyze the pragmatic function of Teacher Talk from five aspects including greetings, instructions, questions, preaching and feedback and discusses how Teacher Talk is applied in English classroom teaching by means of examples based on this theory. Studying Teacher Talk in foreign language classrooms and how it is used can promote the deep understanding of teaching for teachers so that they can effectively guide the classroom teaching practical activities. 

Keywords: Teacher Talk; Speech Act theory; English teaching; construction and application. 55514

摘要英语教师课堂用语在外语课堂教学上起着双重作用，它既是教师组织教学的重要工具，又是学生习得语言的重要来源。在组织教学中恰当地使用教师话语可以激发学生的学习兴趣，激进学生学习目标语的信心。本文首先列举了课堂教学中教师课堂用语存在的问题，然后从三方面讨论如何构建有效的课堂用语：构建有利的语言学习环境，构建充分的师生互动和构建和谐的师生关系。本文重点在于如何结合言语行为理论，从不同环节探讨教师课堂用语在英语教学中如何实施，包括问候、指令、提问、讲解和反馈。研究教师课堂话语及其如何应用可以促进英语教师对教学的深层理解，从而有效地指导课堂教学实践活动。

毕业论文关键词：教师课堂用语；言语行为理论；英语教学；构建与应用

Contents

1. Introduction 1

2. Literature Review 1

3. Overview of Teacher Talk 2

4. Present Problems of Teacher Talk in Teaching Practice 4

4.1 Lack of Building Beneficial Language Learning Environment 4

4.2 Lack of Fully Teacher-student Interaction 5

4.3 Lack of Harmonious Relationship with Students 5

5. Construction of Teacher Talk 5

5.1 Construction of Beneficial Language Learning Environment 6

5.2 Construction of Sufficient Teacher-student Interaction 6

5.3 Construction of Harmonious Teacher-student Relationship 7

6. Application of Teacher Talk 8

6.1 Application of Greetings 8

6.2 Application of Instructions 8

6.3 Application of Questions 9

6.4 Application of Preaching 10

6.5 Application of Feedback 12

7. Conclusion 13

Works Cited 14

 1. Introduction 

Since Chinese reform and opening policy, people have got an easy access to the outside world. English, as one of the most popular language used all over the world, becomes major foreign language in China. But because of the relatively closed English learning environment in junior middle school, the English Teacher Talk will be of vital importance for students’ English learning and the promotion of their English proficiency.