Talking to learn: Conversation in second language acquisition (Series on is sues in second language research)

Contributor), Richard R. Day (Other

ISBN 10: 0883773171 / ISBN 13: 9780883773178

Published by Newbury House, US, 1986

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Explores the role played by conversation in the teaching and acquisition of a second language.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Talking to learn: Conversation in second language acquisition (Series on is sues in second language research)
• Publisher: Newbury House, US
• Publication Date: 1986
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0883773171
• ISBN 13: 9780883773178
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Teaching English::ESL

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Synopsis

Talking to Learn explores the role played by conversation in the teaching and acquisition of a second language. Its thirteen articles represent current thinking by some of the foremost theoreticians in the field, including Hatch. Strong. Cathcart Chaudron, Sato. Schmidt, and Gass. With one exception, none of the papers in this volume have appeared elsewhere. This impressive range of empirical studies is made up of four sections, each of which begins with an introduction by the volume editor. Section One presents theoretical concerns that underlie any discussion of the interrelationship of conversation and acquisition. Section Two takes a broad view of the nature of conversational interaction in the more controlled environment of the classroom: contributors here touch upon both the language used by the teacher and the language produced by learner. Conversation in the classroom is further explored in Section Three, with attention directed primarily at language produced by learners in small group or task activities. Papers in the final section step outside the classroom to look at the more socially oriented conversations that learners have with each other as well as with native speakers. Talking to Learn is the first full-length treatment of conversation and acquisition. It is an important addition to the Newbury House series on Issues in Second Language Research, and will be of interest to second and foreign language teachers, graduate students of applied linguistics, and researchers in second language acquisition, discourse analysis, and sociolinguistics.