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Open-Ended Tasks and the Qualitative Investigation of Second Language Classroom Discourse
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Kahn, Gabrielle – Journal of Ethnographic & Qualitative Research, 2012
Grounded in Vygotskyan sociocultural theory, this qualitative, classroom-based investigation incorporates an open-ended task framework. Open tasks in the present study were defined as ones designed to take shape in the second language classroom as teacher and adult learners jointly worked through exploratory problems. One central feature of open…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Sociocultural Patterns, Qualitative Research, Task Analysis