Interaction, Language Use, and Second Language Teaching (Routledge Advances in Second Language Studies) - Hardcover

Huth, Thorsten

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0367445255 ISBN 13: 9780367445256

Publisher: Routledge, 2020

Synopsis

This book presents a view of human language as social interaction, illustrating its implications for language learning and second language teaching. //

The volume advocates for researchers, practitioners, and administrators to rethink and reconceptualize an understanding of language beyond that of the written word to one encompassing social and interactional activity built on co-construction, collaboration, and negotiation. The book emphasizes the ways in which this view of language can shed light on the language learning process as one which draws on discrete linguistic units and constructions in conjunction with a range of temporal, sequential, and embodied resources across a variety of social contexts. In turn, these insights prompt further reflection and discussion on their implications for advancing second language teaching practice. //

This book will be key reading for scholars interested in second language teaching research, as well as active second language teachers and language program administrators.

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About the Author

Thorsten Huth is Assistant Professor of German and Linguistics and the German Language Program Director at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, USA. Thorsten Huth’s scholarship connects social interaction, language learning, and second language teaching. His research addresses the emergence of interactional competencies in language learners and how such competencies can be taught and learned in the second language classroom

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0367445255
• ISBN 13: 9780367445256
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 180