Second-Language Classroom Interaction: Toronto Studies in Education Collected Works of A.M. Klein

Wintergerst, Ann C.:

ISBN 10: 0802029949 / ISBN 13: 9780802029942

Published by University of Toronto Press, 1994

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159 Seiten Der Erhaltungszustand des hier angebotenen Werks ist trotz seiner Bibliotheksnutzung sehr sauber. Es befindet sich lediglich ein Bibliotheksstempel im Buch; ordnungsgemäß entwidmet. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 340.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Second-Language Classroom Interaction: Toronto Studies in Education Collected Works of A.M. Klein
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Publication Date: 1994
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0802029949
• ISBN 13: 9780802029942
• Binding: gebundene Ausgabe
• Condition: Gut
• Weight: 340 grams
• Seller catalogs:
  • 603 Pädagogik

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Synopsis

Greater attention has recently been given to student and teacher interaction in the second-language classroom, which includes questioning and answering, turn-taking, negotiating meaning, and investigating feedback. Ann C. Wintergerst makes a unique contribution in the area of student response to questioning techniques.

This book analyses teacher and student interaction in the context of twelve English as a Second Language lessons. Its purpose is to explore the extent of student language output. 'Teacher talk' has been investigated in numerous studies, but 'student talk' has been largely overlooked.

Research has confirmed that teacher speech predominates in the second-language classroom. Questions are one means of engaging student attention, promoting verbal responses, and evaluating student progress. They facilitate classroom interaction by establishing the topic, the speaker, and the respondent. Wintergerst analyses teacher questions, showing how some questions encourage communication while others inhibit it.

About the Author

Ann C. Wintergerst is Associate Professor of English as a Second Language, Department of Modern Foreign Languages and Classical Studies, St John's University, Jamaica, New York.