Implementing the IPD pattern of interaction as a possible alternative to the IRF to enhance students’ classroom interaction : case of first-year students of english at the university of Béjaia

Abstract

The study in hand is entitled “Developing classroom interaction through minimizing the use of the IRF pattern and maximizing the use of the IPD pattern”. It is aiming at bringing an alternative to the traditional pattern of interaction (the IRF) which is said to reduce the students to a very passive role in the classroom. To test the research hypothesis, the researcher opted to the control group design. It was conducted on a sample of first year student population. This sample consisted of two groups randomly assigned; one was an experimental group and another was a control group. The students in the experimental group received their lessons by incorporating the treatment into them i.e. the lessons were based on the IPD interaction, whereas the control group received the lessons as usual in a teacher-centered classroom based on the IRF interaction.