抄録
This article uses classroom data to discuss the English classroom discourse in EFL context of Thailand. First of all, the concept of the difference between EFL and ESL should be given a definition in order to carry out this case study. Then, Thailand as well as Japan in the EFL context was chosen as a field of this study. From the comparative point of view with Japan, this case study explores English classrooms and analyzes the classroom discourse in secondary schools in Ayuttaya, Thailand. This study focuses on modification of teachers' speech-"teacher talk" in order to explore the specific characteristics of EFL classroom context. It is expected that the findings of this study through analyzing with a viewpoint of "teacher talk" will give us the possibility that we could construct the effective methodologies of teaching English in EFL context of Japan.
