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Exploring the importance of teacher―student interactionin EFL graduates’oral English class 　　Abstract：This paper analyzes teacher-student interaction situation in one foreign studies university graduate students’ oral English class and seeks to investigate students’ opinions of role of teacher-student interaction. The author has designed six interview questions for the study. Answers to the interviews have revealed that most students regard teacher-student interaction as important and necessary for postgraduates’ oral English class. 　　Key words： teacher-student interaction graduate students oral English class 　　I.Introduction 　　Constructing a harmonious classroom where teachers and students can have interactions is widely advocated. In this paper， the author mainly focused on the postgraduate students’ opinions of teacher-student interaction. The present study has stated the necessity and importance of teacher-student interaction in oral English class. 　　II.Literature review 　　In Long’s （1983） interaction hypothesis， he emphasized the role played by the interaction in making input comprehensible. According to M. H. Long （1996）， by interaction， students can enlarge their language store. H. D. Brown（2001）holds that interaction is the collaborative exchange of thoughts， feelings， or ideas between two or more people resulting in a reciprocal effect on each other.’ 　　Three research questions were formed to guide the study： 　　1.What was the situation of teacher-student interaction in oral English class where participants attended last semester？ 　　2.What did the participants think of the role of teacher-student interaction in oral English class？ 　　3.In what aspects can teacher-student interaction help improve students’ oral English proficiency？ 　　III.Methodology 　　3.1Context and participants 　　The study was conducted in an oral English class at one foreign studies university in 2014 and the interviews were carried out in different periods. All the participan