TEACHER-STUDENTS CLASSROOM INTERACTIONS OF PUBLIC SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS III IN KATSINA METROPOLIS, NIGERIA

Abstract

Abstract: The paper investigates the teacher-student interactions during English lessons at SS III Public Schools of Katsina Metropolis. The reason that triggered the research was the mass failure of students especially at Senior Secondary Examinations. The paper used the constructivist theory as a theoretical framework. It also used teachers’ and students’ questionnaires, a Target Language Observation Scheme (TALOS) and audio recorded lessons in the schools observed as instruments for data collection. Six schools were examined out of twelve. A total number of 6 teachers and 132 students were selected as the sample of the study. All six teachers were observed, and the lessons were recorded at different times. Simple Frequency Counts and Percentages were the basis used for the analysis of the data collected. The findings revealed that teacher-student interactions need to be improved as teachers gave room for the students to participate in the interactions but unfortunately, they remained idle in the class. For this reason, most of the class activities were solely performed by the teachers.
 Keywords: Teacher-students, Classroom, Interactions, Target Language Observation Scheme