Role of Materials in Teacher-Student Interactional Pattern: An Exploratory Study on the Primary Level Students in an Online Classroom

Abstract

The aim of the study is to explore the significant roles of materials in teacher-student interactional pattern to ensure an effective English language learning for the primary level learners in an online classroom. This paper tries to focus on how the visually lucrative materials play important roles in an active interaction between the teachers and their students with a view to ensuring an effective learning in the language learning classroom. To have an insightful understanding on the subject, the researcher has conducted a qualitative research to explore how the teachers teach with the use of materials and interaction with their students in the online classroom. Apart from that, the study used the data that have been collected through interviewing the teachers from different renowned institutions to explore their perspective on the use of materials and an active teacher-student interaction to facilitate the students to ensure a better learning. The results show that the visually lucrative materials interest the students and are more effective in the teacher-student interaction in the classroom than the traditional black and white materials. The utilization of the materials have been pointed out as one of the major factors to facilitate the students in the classroom to ensure an effective language learning. Furthermore, the role of the teachers in the teacher-student interactional pattern is also a prominent factor that indicates the relationship of the teacher with his students and the development of a learner’s learning in the language classroom.