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Author Philp, Jenefer.

Title Peer interaction and second language learning / Jenefer Philp, Rebecca Adams, and Noriko Iwashita
Published Hoboken, NJ : Taylor and Francis, ©2014

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Description 1 online resource (243 pages)
Series Second Language Acquisition Research Series
Second language acquisition research.
Contents Section I. Language use, misuse, modification, and development -- section II. The participants of peer interaction -- section III. The purpose and mode of peer interaction
Summary Peer Interaction and Second Language Learning synthesizes the existing body of research on the role of peer interaction in second language learning in one comprehensive volume. In spite of the many hours that language learners spend interacting with peers in the classroom, there is a tendency to evaluate the usefulness of this time by comparison to whole class interaction with the teacher. Yet teachers are teachers and peers are peers - as partners in interaction, they are likely to offer very different kinds of learning opportunities. This book encourages researchers and instructors alike to
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-234) and index
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Subject Second language acquisition.
Second language acquisition
Form Electronic book
Author Adams, Rebecca
Iwashita, Noriko.
ISBN 9781135914530
1135914532