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ERIC Number: EJ364935
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1987
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Second-language Acquisition, Social Interaction, and the Classroom.
Pica, Teresa
Applied Linguistics, v8 n1 p3-21 Spr 1987
Data are presented to illustrate how confirmation and comprehension checks and clarification requests develops second-language skills (comprehension and production). Absence of these interactional features in the classroom reflects the unequal participant relationships which are shaped by classroom activities. Two activities (in appendix) were tested for interactional modification. (Author/LMO)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classroom Environment, Communicative Competence (Languages), Conversational Language Courses, Discourse Analysis, Discussion (Teaching Technique), Instructional Effectiveness, Interpersonal Relationship, Second Language Learning, Teacher Student Relationship
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Classroom Behavior