Table 1. Background Information of Student Participants
The students’ broad diversity in terms of place of origin, major, and EFL learning experience might help to enhance the generalisability of the findings of the study to a broader population. The student participants took English courses that were typically teacher fronted and had 50-60 students in each class. Due to crowded class size, the dominant classroom interaction pattern was teacher-student(s) oriented.
The teacher participants were eight female teachers who taught English to the student participants. Most of them were in their early 30s, with the youngest 24 and the oldest 42. At the time the data were collected, the oldest teacher had been teaching English for 19 years, and the youngest had been teaching for 2 years. Two teachers had more than 10 years of teaching experience, and the other four had 7-8 years of teaching experience. With regard to qualifications, five teachers had an MA, one was pursuing a PhD, and two were pursuing MAs.