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Understanding Effective Teaching in Advanced English Conversation Classes through Thematic Analysis

◎ジールー リャン（東大）・西村悟史・西村拓一・飯野なみ（産総研）・Kumiko Morimura（東大）

This paper presents an approach for gaining insights on effective teaching in English conversation classes. We apply standard thematic analysis to the observation notes written by teaching assistants who observed the advanced English conversation classes. Through iterative coding, 8 themes emerged from the analysis: topics discussed in the classes, teaching methods, personality of teachers, homework, reaction of students, progress of students, problems of students, and suggested improvement for the classes. The findings reveal valuable lessons that we could learn from English conversation classes in the past and offer rich implications for the future design of effective teaching in English education.