This article reviews classroom interaction research that uses Conversation Analysis and
other interactional approaches. Schools as social institutions are crucial in the modern …

This chapter discusses the state of the art in empirical research on second language (L2)
interactional competence (IC) and its development. It analyses the move from a research …

Written by a team of leading experts working in different SLA specialisms, this fourth edition
is a clear and concise introduction to the main theories of second language acquisition …

When participating in social interactions, we orient to each other, we synchronize our mutual
conducts, we make recognizable our actions and action trajectories to others and we finely …

This paper argues for a broadening of the analytic scope of research on L2 interactional
competence so as to embrace systematic investigation of the linguistic resources that L2 …

This study explores a child's emergent second language (L2) interactional competence
during her first year in a Swedish immersion classroom. Within the theoretical framework of …

Background The concept of IC as it is used today traces back to Hymes's (1972) view of
communicative competence (CC) as the knowledge of how to use language appropriately in …

Within communicative language teaching,'natural'language has had a privileged position,
and a focus on form has been seen as something inauthentic or as something that is …

Repetition is common in language use. Similarly, having students repeat is a common
practice in language teaching. After surveying some of the better known contributions of …

Repetition is often associated with traditional teaching drills. However, it has been
documented how repetitions are exploited by learners themselves (Duff, 2000). In a study of …