Social Actions for Classroom Language Learning

John Hellermann

Published by Multilingual Matters 2008

Social Actions for Classroom Language Learning

John Hellermann

In the series New Perspectives on Language and Education

https://doi.org/10.21832/9781847690272

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About this book

Using sociocultural approaches to research on language learning and an extensive corpus of classroom videos made over four years, the book documents language learning as an epiphenomenon of peer face-to-face interaction. The book uses methods from conversation analysis with longitudinal data to document practices for interaction between learners.

Author / Editor information

Hellermann John :

John Hellermann is Assistant Professor of Applied Linguistics in the Department of Applied Linguistics at Portland State University.

John Hellermann is an Assistant Professor of Applied Linguistics at Portland State University where he was a researcher for the National Labiste for Adult ESOL for four years. He previously taught in public school and community college settings in Wisconsin and Hungary. His research has investigated the prosodic organization of classroom talk, conversation analytic approaches to language learning, and immigrant identity and language learning.

Reviews

This book makes a timely contribution to the ongoing debate as to how CA, either alone or combined with a learning theory, can capture language learning. Hellermann’s study proposes one model to follow in this endeavour, and, at the same time, it triggers further questions regarding learners’ life outside of the classroom.

Simona Pekarek Doehler, Professor of Applied Linguistic, University of Neuchâtel, Switzerland, President of the European Second Language Association (EUROSLA):

This book offers one of the most persuasive and empirically rich arguments for considering second language acquisition in terms of changes in participation within a community of practice.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Preface and Acknowledgements Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
1. Additional Language Learning in a Classroom Community of Practice Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
2. Conversation Analysis as a Method for Understanding Language Learning Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	29
3. Opening Dyadic Task Interactions Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	41
4. Story Tellings in Dyadic Task Interactions Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	83
5. Disengagements from Dyadic Task Interactions Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	103
6. Conclusions Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	143
Appendix: Transcription Conventions Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	158
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References Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	162
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Language: English
Publisher: Multilingual Matters
Pages
- Main content: 192
Keywords: technology; classroom interaction; language learning; dyadic interaction; conversation analysis; SLA; community of practice

eBook

Published: January 11, 2008
ISBN: 9781847690272