Frequency of Social and Discourse Deictic Expressions in a Teacher's Discourse Analysis

The study examined the frequency of social and discourse deictic expressions in a teacher’s discourse. To this aim, the whole process of teaching was tape-recorded to reflect what actually happened in the classroom. Actually, five periods of the classroom talk were recorded and transcribed. After the class, a detailed transcription of the recording was worked out to be analyzed statistically. The results displayed that the use of these expressions was frequent. Knowing the fact would help the teachers to produce more coherent speech to improve language proficiency of EFL learners