Interaction and Second Language Learning: Two Adolescent French Immersion Students Working Together.

Swain, Merrill; Lapkin, Sharon

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ERIC Number: EJ571980

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1998

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Interaction and Second Language Learning: Two Adolescent French Immersion Students Working Together.

Swain, Merrill; Lapkin, Sharon

Modern Language Journal, v82 n3 p320-37 Aut 1998

Provides support for a theoretical orientation toward viewing dialog as both a means of communication and a cognitive tool. Data to support this position come from an analysis of language-related episodes isolated in the dialog of two grade 8 French immersion students as they carry out a jigsaw task. (Author/VWL)

Descriptors: Classroom Research, Cognitive Processes, Cooperative Learning, Dialogs (Language), Discourse Analysis, French, Grade 8, Immersion Programs, Interaction, Junior High Schools, Second Language Learning, Task Analysis

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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Note: Special issue: The Role of Input and Interaction in Second Language Acquisition.