摘要:The purpose of this study was to investigate infants` individual attempts at interaction with their teachers in the two-year-old class curriculum of a child care center. To achieve this aim,this study analyzed both the types of interactions that infants attempted with their teachers,as well as the underlying message contained in infants` attempts at of interacting. This study used the complete participation observation methodology following an ethnographic approach,a research method which can help us see the whole picture by tracing the main causes and connections. The participants in this study were 13 infants and their teachers in 2 two-year-old classes (Hope and Love) of the Vision Child Care Center located in G city. The researcher,who was also a Hope-class teacher,ad as an observer,and the Love-class teacher acted as an assistant observer. Participant observation was made everyday except the days when field trips and group activities wewe planned,from october 2009 to January 2010. A variety of methods were used to collect materials,such as participant observation,in-depth interviews and collection of documents.