Understanding Communication in Second Language Classrooms

Drawing on actual classroom transcripts from a range of instructional settings, Johnson constructs a conceptual framework through which teachers can recognize how patterns of classroom communication are established and maintained, how these patterns affect students' participation in classroom events, and how their participation shapes the ways they use language for learning and their opportunities for second language acquisition. Relevant research is presented from the areas of classroom discourse, language in communities, teacher cognition, classroom learning, and second language acquisition.Kanazawa, Makoto is the author of 'Understanding Communication in Second Language Classrooms', published 1995 under ISBN 9780521459686 and ISBN 0521459680.