Description
Now in its second edition, this volume offers a strong synthesis of classic and current work in conversation analysis (CA), usefully encapsulated in a model of interactional practices that comprise interactional competence. Through this synthesis, Wong and Waring demonstrate how CA findings can help to increase language teachers’ awareness of the spoken language and suggest ways of applying that knowledge to teaching second language interaction skills.
The Second Edition features:
- Substantial updates that include new findings on interactional practices
- Reconceptualized, reorganized, and revised content for greater accuracy, clarity, and readability
- Expanded key concepts glossary at the end of each chapter
- New tasks with more transcripts of actual talk
- New authors' stories
The book is geared towards current and prospective second or foreign language teachers, material developers, and other language professionals, and assumes neither background knowledge of conversation analysis nor its connection to second language teaching. It also serves as a handy reference for those interested in key CA findings on social interaction.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1 Interactional Practices and the Teaching of Conversation
Chapter 2 Turn-taking Practices I: Turn-construction and Language Teaching
Chapter 3 Turn-taking Practices II: Turn-allocation and Language Teaching
Chapter 4 Sequencing Practices I: Generic Sequences and Language Teaching
Chapter 5 Sequencing Practices II: Type-specific Sequences and Language Teaching
Chapter 6 Sequencing Practices III: Topic Management and Language Teaching
Chapter 7 Sequencing practices IV: Storytelling and Language Teaching
Chapter 8 Overall Structuring Practices I: Telephone Openings and Language Teaching
Chapter 9 Overall Structuring Practices II: Face-to-Face Openings and Language Teaching
Chapter 10 Overall Structuring Practices III: Conversation Closings and Language Teaching
Chapter 11 Repair Practices I: Self-initiated Repair and Language Teaching
Chapter 12 Repair Practices II: Other-initiated Repair and Language Teaching
Index
