Description
Drawing on video recordings and transcripts from a wide range of L2 teaching contexts, The Practical Nature of L2 Teaching presents a comprehensive examination of eight sets of specialized actions and action sequences involved in whole group instruction.
Each of the chapters highlights in exquisite detail the sophisticated, real-world accomplishment of L2 teaching. The purpose is not to impose a vision of how L2 teaching should be done. Instead, it is to illuminate its complexities and, in so doing, reveal informative differences between idealized understandings of L2 teaching and its lived realities.
The book is essential reading for advanced undergraduates, graduate students, and researchers studying and working in the areas of classroom interaction, L2 teaching, and L2 teacher education.
Table of Contents
Preface
Chapter 1 The Practical Work of L2 Teaching: A Conversation Analytic Perspective
Chapter 2 Sequencing Instruction: Opening, Transitioning, and Closing Instructional Projects
Chapter 3 Turn Taking: Managing Student Participation Opportunities
Chapter 4 Framing Activities: Giving Instructions
Chapter 5 Leading Whole Group Activities: Information-Seeking Sequences
Chapter 6 Aligning and Affiliating: Mobilizing Learner Contributions
Chapter 7 Epistemics in the L2 Classroom: Building and Displaying Knowledge
Chapter 8 Facilitating Learning: Assessing and Correcting Learners’ Errors
Chapter 9 Repair and Self-Talk: Handling Troubles in Speaking and Hearing and Other Unexpected Moments
Chapter 10 The Practical Nature of L2 Teaching: Postscript
Appendix
Index
