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Classroom Interaction and Discourse Options

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 November 2008

Claire J. Kramsch
Claire J. Kramsch
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Abstract

This article takes a social-theoretical view of the reality created by a foreign language in the classroom. It examines the interaction of teacher and learners in their various activities along a continuum that extends from instructional to natural discourse and is determined by the way participants present themselves to one another and negotiate turns-at-talk, topics, and repairs. Suggestions are made for broadening and diversifying the discourse options in the classroom to enrich the social context of the language learning experience.

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Studies in Second Language Acquisition , Volume 7 , Issue 2 , June 1985 , pp. 169 - 183
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1985

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