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Leshan Normal University, Leshan, China

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Interactions in classroom teaching are very important. Through observation and investigation, it is found that teacher-student interaction is the main form of interactions in English classroom teaching in Western China. And there are still some problems in this kind of interaction.Based on questionnaires and the author’s observations and her own teaching experiences, this paper discusses the teacher-student interaction in English teaching, exploring and analyzing the reasons of low quality interaction between teachers and students from these aspects: teachers’ asking questions, students’ talk time, students’ initiating questions, the use of multimedia, teachers’ use of language etc. It aims to improve the quality of interaction, to improve the efficiency of teaching and learning and to promote students’ learning and their whole development.

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teacher-student interaction, senior English teaching, problems, analysis

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