Module teaching and integrating language skills lesson 1

Example 2: Evaluative feedback, disapproval and punishment.

This example shows that if rules are not followed, consequences follow. The pupil has not brought the notebook to the class, so the teacher uses his principle of giving a yellow card. It is clear that this system is already familiar with the pupil, as the teacher only has to ask if you forget your books?, he knows to answer yellow card. In this example one can see well how clear the rules are to the pupils, and that Mauri accepts the punishment without resistance. The yellow card rule does not seem to be too harsh on the pupils, since the teacher has made the rules clear and follows them consistently. Disapproval is shown, even though he does not say anything about it directly. This system seems to be working well in this particular class, and is still a relatively kind way to punish the pupils.
In addition to evaluative feedback shown above, there were many situations in the data that are categorized as descriptive feedback. In example 3 below, the class is going through a handout aboutGreat Britain, and the teacher is asking whether there is a typical ending in the counties in the UK. Alma raises her hand, and answers the question correctly. However, the teacher wants to elaborate on that answer, and thus this example is classified as a type where teacher is describing why the answer is correct.