The Use of ICT as a Pedagogy in Analysing ESL Classroom Conversation Discourse

Abstract

This paper discusses how ICT could be used as a pedagogy in the analysis of conversation in a classroom discourse. The paper employs speech acts theory as a model for its analysis, using data from classroom conversation. The main thrust of speech act theory is that utterances do not only express a state of being, but also perform an action. We do not merely say something with words, but we do something with them. What we should note is that statements by speakers are both expressions of meaning and attitude. Some items related to the paper are extensively explained, which include: ICT; pedagogy; discourse; discourse analysis (DA); conversation and conversation analysis. Consequently, the paper delves into the benefits of ICT in a classroom conversational discourse (CD), and discourse structure in ESL classroom.