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Direct linkMondada, Lorenza; Doehler, Simona Pekarek – Canadian Modern Language Review, 2005
This article provides an empirically based perspective on the contribution of conversation analysis (CA) and sociocultural theory to our understanding of learners' second language (L2) practices within what we call a strong socio-interactionist perspective. It explores the interactive (re)configuration of tasks in French second language…
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, French, Second Language Learning, Sociocultural Patterns
Thoms, Joshua; Liao, Jianling; Szustak, Anja – Canadian Modern Language Review, 2005
This study focuses on the use of the native language (L1) by second language (L2) learners when carrying out a collaborative jigsaw task in a computer chat environment. It investigates the extent and function of L1 use by means of a sociocultural theoretical framework. The research project was carried out in three languages: Chinese, German, and…
Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, Cooperative Learning, English (Second Language), Computer Mediated Communication
Kwon, Minsook; Kellogg, David – Canadian Modern Language Review, 2005
This article looks at two different primary EFL classrooms: one in which the teacher is a general-subject teacher who teaches different subjects to the same group children and another in which the teacher is an EFL specialist who teaches the same subject to different groups of children. First we qualitatively characterize the differences in…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning
Peer reviewedDiCamilla, Frederick J.; Anton, Marta – Canadian Modern Language Review, 1997
A study analyzed repetition in the discourse of students of Spanish as a second language working on a writing assignment in collaborative dyads (n=5). Results show the sociocultural and mental activity was mediated by repetition of both first- and second-language utterances, whose effect was to create and maintain a shared perspective of the task…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Discourse Analysis, Helping Relationship, Interpersonal Communication
