Understanding Second Language Classroom Discourse Based on Genre Analysis

Abstract

The purpose of the present study is to expand our current understanding of second language classroom discourse through genre analysis. In order to carry out the exploratory study of language lessons, a multidimensional genre-oriented approach should be for  both textual and contextual analyses of language lessons.  By studying different researches done in this area, it was concluded that, rather than viewing a language lesson as a distinctive genre, it should be considered as a sub-genre of the classroom discourse genre by sharing broad communicative purposes with other classroom discourse sub-genres.