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Annual Review of Applied…	1
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Peer-Peer Dialogue as a Means of Second Language Learning.

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Swain, Merrill; Brooks, Lindsay; Tocalli-Beller, Agustina – Annual Review of Applied Linguistics, 2002

Considers recent research in which peer dialogue has been examined with the purpose of understanding its impact on second language learning. Reviews research from the perspective of a sociocultural theory of mind that claims cognition and knowledge are dialogically constructed. (Author/VWL)

Descriptors: Classroom Communication, Cognitive Processes, Dialogs (Language), Interaction

Learner Awareness of Recasts in Classroom Interaction: A Case Study of an Adult EFL Student's Second Language Learning.

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Nabei, Toshiyo; Swain, Merrill – Language Awareness, 2002

Presents a case study of an adult Japanese learner's second language (L2) learning through her teacher's recasts in an English-as-a-Foreign-Language (EFL) classroom in Japan. Investigated the relationship between the student's awareness of feedback and her L2 learning. Findings suggest recasting is a complex verbal behavior influenced by the…

Descriptors: Adults, Case Studies, Classroom Communication, English (Second Language)