This course is designed to assist beginning teachers to study in depth an area of pedagogy – classroom interaction – which is of great importance in learning, and which has attracted significant research interest worldwide. Using examples of both, teacher-student and student-student interactions from diverse educational contexts, this course will provide a unique opportunity to examine some fundamental concepts and techniques of classroom interaction, reflect upon them and simulate classroom practice. Taking support mainly from the field of educational psychology and language education, we will look at the various ways with the ways in which classroom activities can be implemented in order to effectively foster interaction and thus enhance learning. For example, we will explore typical turn-taking patterns, feedback, the different types of questions teachers and students ask and the consequences for student engagement and learning. We will look at “scaffolding” which is the dialogic process by which a teacher or a student assists another student in performing a function that he or she cannot perform alone. We will explore how peer interaction complements the role of the teacher and the ways in which peer interaction on classroom tasks is beneficial to learning. Finally, the course aims to enable participants to gain familiarity with relevant theory and research findings, as a basis for understanding how classroom interaction aids learning. Video clips of classroom footage and examples of classroom interaction will provide rich and real world discussion points. This course will be conducted in English.