SETT FrameworkSelf- Evaluation of

Teacher Talk

Objectives

OTo recognize descriptions of interactional features, pedagogic goals and aims for L2 classrooms

OTo identify the stages on the SETT process

What is a SETT framework?

O It is model of reflective practice

O It facilitates understanding of language use and interactive decision-making

O It redirects teachers’ attention towards interactional choice

SETT FoundationsONaturalistic ApproachO Institutional discourse (Sinclair

& Coulthard)OConversation methodology

(Seedhouse & Walsh)

L2 classroom

O Inter-related micro-contextsO It is managed, created and

sustained by interactantsOInteraction is central

How does learning occur in a L2 classroom?

OLearning occurs through talk which is jointly constructed by teachers and students (socioconstructivism)

OTeachers and learners work towards one common institutional goal: learning the second language

A shift from TTT to Classroom competences

“Opportunities for learning are … primarily determined by the teacher.”

TTT

Classroom

Competence

Learning objective

s

Contexts

Teachers

Context

Talk

Interactional architecture of the classroom language

Speaking

Analysis

Pedagogical

Focus

SETT stagesO SETT WorshopO SETT Process, part IO SETT Process, part II

The SETT Workshop

SETT Workshop:Pedagogic Mode

OMicro-context with: defined pedagogic goals and distinctive interactional features.

Interface

Actions

Words

Behavior

Discourse

Pedagogic Modes – A starting point

Managerial

Materials Skills systems

Classroom context

“As the focus of a lesson changes, interaction

patterns and pedagogic goals change too”

DA and CA Analysis

Descriptive system of Interactional Processes

Topic

IRF

Turn Takin

g

Conversation

Analysis

Discourse

Analysis

Activity 1 – The SETT Grid

ORead carefully the SETT gridORead the transcript on your

handout and identify a pedagogic mode

Activity 2 - Describring

O Identify features of teacher talk on the excerpt given in your handout.

“Language use and pedagogic purpose are inextricably linked and … teacher talk varies according to mode”

L2 classroom is like a ‘russian doll’

OMode switchingOMode side sequence

Part II: SETT Process

How is this done (part 1)? – A practical exercise

ORecordings from three different lessons (15’ minutes each)

OComplete a written analysis using the SETT grid

Modes

Interactional

features

Features, Modes, Purpose

Evaluation

Contextualization

How is this done (part 2)?

OReflective feedback interview

Analyze

• Video

Clarify• Uncertain

ty

Reflect

• Self-evaluation

SETT Process

Dialogue

InquiryInteractio

n in L2 classroo

m

“Interactive opportunities are maximized” (Ellis, 1999; Walsh, 2002).