Teaching through peer interaction / Rebecca Adams and Rhonda Oliver.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Adams, Rebecca Jane, author.

Oliver, Rhonda, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Peer teaching.

Language and languages--Study and teaching.

Language and languages.

Physical Description:

208 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Routledge, 2019.

Summary:

"Teaching Peer Interaction prepares teachers to use peer communication in the classroom. It presents current research of peer interaction and language learning for teachers, including background on the role of peer interaction in classroom language learning, guidelines for adopting and adapting peer interaction opportunities in real classrooms, and perspectives on teachers' frequently expressed concerns and questions about peer interaction. Practical and comprehensive, this text brings together information on peer communication across the different skill areas, for different learners, in different contexts and includes discussion on assessment. The text is replete with sample activities, tasks, and instructional sequences to aid teachers understand how to use peer interaction effectively in a range of classroom settings, making it the ideal textbook for upper-level undergraduate and graduate students in language education programs"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Peer interaction and language learning

Why use peer interaction in the language classroom?

How does learning happen in peer interaction?

Peer interaction for speaking and listening

Peer interaction for reading and writing

Peer interaction and the future of language teaching

The teacher's role in peer interaction

Teacher concerns with peer interaction

Guidelines for implementing peer interaction.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [197]-205) and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Adams, Rebecca Jane author. Teaching through peer interaction.

ISBN:

9781138069466

1138069469

9781138069473

1138069477

OCLC:

1044776970