L2 interactional competence and development / edited by Joan Kelly Hall, John Hellermann and Simona Pekarek Doehler.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hall, Joan Kelly.

Hellermann, John, 1963-

Doehler, Simona Pekarek

James Hosmer Penniman Book Fund.

Series:

Second language acquisition (Clevedon, England) ; 56.

Second language acquistion ; 56

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Second language acquisition.

Conversation analysis.

Communicative competence.

Physical Description:

xii, 274 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Bristol ; Buffalo : Multilingual Matters, [2011]

Summary:

According to the editors (professors of applied linguistics at Pennsylvania State U. and Portland State U. in the US and U. of Neuchatel in Switzerland) recent research has demonstrated the effectiveness of conversation analysis as a theory and method for describing the resources comprising L2 (second language) interactional competence, but there remain lingering questions about its effectiveness for understanding how L2 users develop such competence. This, then, is the primary question addressed by the ten chapters presented here, which draw on such interactional contexts as classrooms, pharmacy consultations, tutoring sessions, and video game-planning and a range of languages (including English, German, French, Danish, and Icelandic) in order to apply conversation analytic methods to investigating the use and development of L2 interactional competencies. Distributed in the US by UTP Distribution. Annotation ©2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the James Hosmer Penniman Book Fund.

ISBN:

1847694055

9781847694065

1847694063

9781847694058

9781847694072

1847694071

OCLC:

704895982

Publisher Number:

99945274059