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Gender Performance through Turn-Taking Organisation in a Foreign Language Classroom
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Yakushkina, Maria – Language Learning Journal, 2021
According to research in pragmatics, gender represents an important factor in individuals' turn-taking behaviour, with results indicating overall male-dominated conversational patterns. Despite the significance of gender in the students' conversational styles in an academic setting, gender and turn-taking has yet to be investigated in the foreign…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Classroom Communication
'I've Got a Gut Feeling That I'd Regret Not Choosing Spanish'. A Critical Discourse Analysis of Language Option Choice Discussions on "Mumsnet" and "Studentroom"
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Lanvers, Ursula; Lambrechts, Agata A.; Crosswaite, Madeline – Language Learning Journal, 2020
Like other anglophone countries, the UK is experiencing a language 'crisis', in that fewer and fewer students opt to study a foreign language (FL) beyond the compulsory phase, and that the UK's language skills do not match its economic needs. Despite strong statements of commitments to increase FL uptake, decline in FL uptake in the UK's four…
Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Language Enrollment
"Do You Know Actimel?" The Adaptive Nature of Dialogic Teacher-Led Discussions in the CLIL Science Classroom: A Case Study
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Escobar Urmeneta, Cristina; Evnitskaya, Natalia – Language Learning Journal, 2014
This interpretive case study is framed within recent sociocultural conceptualisations of learning. It draws on research on teacher-led classroom discussions, and investigates the conversational intricacies through which "dialogicity" is accomplished in adaptive ways in one content and language integrated learning (CLIL) science…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Case Studies, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction