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This volume brings together contributions by leading researchers of the social interactional and socio-cultural approaches to language learning and teaching. It provides both an introduction to this important growth point and also an overview of cutting edge research, covering a wide range of language learning and teaching contexts.

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Author:   Z. Hua ,  P. Seedhouse ,  V. Cook ,  L. Wei
Publisher:   Palgrave Macmillan
Imprint:   Palgrave Macmillan
Dimensions:   Width: 14.00cm , Height: 2.20cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   0.551kg
ISBN:  

9780230517004

ISBN 10:   0230517005
Pages:   300
Publication Date:   31 July 2007
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  College/higher education ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Introduction: Zhu Hau, P.Seedhouse, Li Wei & V.Cook PART 1: INTERACTIONAL FOUNDATIONS Interaction and Constructs; P.Seedhouse Handling Sequentially Inapposite Responses; G.Kasper & Y.Kim Invitation Talk; N.Markee Bricolage in Turn Starts in L2 Talk; R.Gardner Sequential organization in Immersion Classrooms; S.Pekarek Doehler & G.Ziegler PART 2: IDENTITY AND SOCIAL ACTION Socialising Second Language Acquisition; D.Block Identity Repertories in Learner Narratives; V.Driagina & A.Pavlenko Presentation of 'Self' in Application Letters; Zhu Hua Identity Construction in Teacher Education; J.Miller Context and L2 Users' Pragmatic Development; J-M.Dewaele PART 3: MULTILINGUAL AND MULTICULTURAL CLASSROOMS Bilingualism in Mainstream Primary Classrooms; J.Conteh Social Interaction in Multilingual Classrooms; N.Shameem Untutored Acquisition in Content Classrooms; J.Langman & R.Bayley Learning Styles in Multilingual Classrooms; T.Young & I.Sachdev Coda: Language Learning and Teaching as Discursive Practice; R.Young Bibliography Index

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ZHU HUA is Senior Lecturer in Applied Linguistics at Birkbeck, University of London, UK. She is the author of Phonological Development in Specific Contexts, joint author of , and co-editor, with Barbara Dodd, of Phonological Development Disorders in Children: A Multilingual Perspective. PAUL SEEDHOUSE is Reader in Applied Linguistics at the University of Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK. His book The Interactional Architecture of the Language Classroom won the 2005 Kenneth Mildenberger Prize of the MLA. He has also co-edited, with Keith Richards, Applying Conversationa

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