Overview

Expands empirical research on peer collaboration and the potential benefits it may bring to learners. This book highlights the role of peer interaction in the foreign language classroom and offers a broad and nuanced exploration of the different factors and contexts that mediate its effect on target language use and development. The chapters focus on different age and proficiency groups (young learners, adolescents, adults), different instruction and task characteristics (face-to-face and computer-mediated instruction, pre-task instruction, proficiency pairing) and a variety of outcomes (fluency, accuracy, language-related episodes, grammatical knowledge, foreign language anxiety and affect, collaborative patterns and perceptions). Together they highlight the importance of interaction and collaboration among peers in the foreign language classroom to foster learners’ communicative abilities and to maximise language development and affect.

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Reviews

This book not only showcases updated research but provides useful information as to why peer interaction sometimes falls flat in the classroom and what teachers can do to ensure that their students benefit from peer interaction activities. It is a must-read for researchers and practitioners alike who are interested in interaction and language learning. * Masatoshi Sato, Universidad Andrés Bello, Chile * This exciting volume offers a rich and timely exploration of peer interaction in foreign language classrooms. Covering diverse learner groups, instructional modes, and learning outcomes, it demonstrates the powerful role of collaboration in language development while showcasing effective pedagogical practices, making it an essential resource for researchers and practitioners alike. * Noriko Iwashita, The University of Queensland, Australia * This is a refreshing addition to peer interaction research, blending cognitive, social, and individual difference perspectives to examine how learners from a wide range of authentic language classrooms make use of and benefit from peer interaction. A must read for new and experienced researchers alike. * Rebecca Adams, The University of Memphis, USA *

This book not only showcases updated research but provides useful information as to why peer interaction sometimes falls flat in the classroom and what teachers can do to ensure that their students benefit from peer interaction activities. It is a must-read for researchers and practitioners alike who are interested in interaction and language learning. * Masatoshi Sato, Universidad Andrés Bello, Chile *

This book not only showcases updated research but provides useful information as to why peer interaction sometimes falls flat in the classroom and what teachers can do to ensure that their students benefit from peer interaction activities. It is a must-read for researchers and practitioners alike who are interested in interaction and language learning. * Masatoshi Sato, Universidad Andrés Bello, Chile * This exciting volume offers a rich and timely exploration of peer interaction in foreign language classrooms. Covering diverse learner groups, instructional modes, and learning outcomes, it demonstrates the powerful role of collaboration in language development while showcasing effective pedagogical practices, making it an essential resource for researchers and practitioners alike. * Noriko Iwashita, The University of Queensland, Australia *

Author Information

Elisabet Pladevall-Ballester is Associate Professor in English Language and Linguistics and Head of Department at Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain. Her research interests include child and adult second language acquisition and foreign language learning in bilingual immersion and instructed classroom contexts, as well as CLIL in primary education contexts.

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