Impact of classroom interaction on english language learning and teaching in secondary level of Bangladesh

Abstract

The fundamental issue of classroom interaction occurs between teacher and learners and among the learners dealing with the collaborative exchange of thoughts, feelings or ideas, resulting in a mutual/negotiable effects on each other. These suitable ways of developing language for the students simply provide practice opportunities in the classroom. Teachers. roles and responsibilities are changed in the direction of facilitators of the learning and teaching processes. The present work aims at showing that classroom interaction can be an effective for the students to learn English as foreign/ second language in secondary level of Bangladesh. Adopting a mixed methods approach, this study analyzed both quantitative and qualitative data of students. questionnaire, teacher.s interview, FGD for students and classroom observation to investigate the real nature of students. and teachers. condition in the classroom for language learning. Results indicated that teachers. help/support studentsto develop their interaction skills and students themselves practice English in the classroom. Therefore, classroom interaction is one of the principal subjectsensues in the classroom contained a vital role in learning and teaching English in the context of Bangladesh.