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The Application of Classroom Talk in English Teaching 　　Teacher’s talk 　　Tough （1979： 80） emphasizes the importance of teachers’ dialogue in the children language learning classroom through some examples： teachers use language to organize students’ activities， facilitate comprehension of knowledge， communicate with students， and give some comments on their performance. Besides， in the words of Breines （2002： 213）， teacher talk is also extremely significant in the second language learning classroom， which provides assistance for L2 students in sociocultural and cognitive learning， because language is the source of effective input for L2 students. Ellis （1994： 582） lists some typical features of teacher talk in second language classroom. For example， （1） teachers tend to slow down the speed of the speech and wait for a longer time between each sentence when they talk to the L2 students. （2） Teachers would like to use the simple and short sentences while communicating with the less capable learners； （3） Teachers usually repeat their words for several times， in particular for skilled learners. From above， we can apparently notice that teachers are going to adapt the way of talking according to L2 student’s level in order to make them understand distinctly. There is no denying that sometimes students may give up learning once they could not catch up with teachers， which further causes gap between the capable students and the non-skilled ones. That is to say， the students who can competently understand teachers’ words grasp the knowledge key points， whereas the confused learners are lagging far behind. 　　Input in second language classroom 　　Teacher’s input at a certain degree of difficulty is vital in second language classroom （Mitchell Myles， 1998： 126）， which promotes and encourages students to learn the target language. Krashen （1985： 2， cited in Mitchell Myles， 1998： 126） also insists that students will learn the grammar independently if teacher’s input is c