期刊名称：The Journal of Language Teaching and Learning
电子版ISSN：2146-1732
出版年度：2014
期号：4944
页码：84-91
出版社：Association of Foreign Language Teaching
摘要：Backchanneling is a technique for monitoring student engagement and performance in the language classroom. In this article I give the pedagogical rationale for this activity and describe some examples of best practice. The article concludes with a number of practical recommendations on how to get started with the various tools that are available and how to best make use of their affordances with your students. Keywords: Motivation, assessment, monitoring, CALL
