Classroom Interaction and Discourse Options
- 1 June 1985
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Studies in Second Language Acquisition
- Vol. 7 (2) , 169-183
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0272263100005350
Abstract
This article takes a social-theoretical view of the reality created by a foreign language in the classroom. It examines the interaction of teacher and learners in their various activities along a continuum that extends from instructional to natural discourse and is determined by the way participants present themselves to one another and negotiate turns-at-talk, topics, and repairs. Suggestions are made for broadening and diversifying the discourse options in the classroom to enrich the social context of the language learning experience.Keywords
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