This study reports on an ethnographic investigation about the interaction between a teacher and her very young learners (VYL) in the English as a foreign language (FL) classroom. In order to carry out this investigation, data were collected in a private kindergarten school, by means of video recordings of classes and field notes from the teacher and from an observer. As Ellis (1997) states as caretakers tend to modify the way they speak to children when these ones are learning the mother language, so teachers do modify their speech when communicating with learners. The results of this study may contribute to make teachers of VYL aware of the role of teachers' discourse as a facilitator of understanding in interactions in the FL classroom.
interaction; teacher; English-FL