International Perspectives On Elt Classroom Interaction (international Perspectives On English Language Teaching)

This book gathers together 11 empirical-based studies of classroom interaction carried out in different countries, including the USA, England, Kenya, Sweden, and China. Along with a state-of-the-art literature review, the chapters provide key insights and engagement priorities that will prove relevant to a variety of learning and teaching contexts. The last few decades have seen an increase in interest in classroom interaction, and this has coincided with the global spread of ELT. This book gathers together 11 empirical-based studies of classroom interaction carried out in different countries, including the USA, England, Kenya, Sweden, and China. Implementing methodologies including conversation analysis, corpus-based analysis and discourse analysis, and covering investigatory issues such as CLIL, multilingualism and computer-assisted language learning, each chapter provides cutting-edge accounts of classroom issues and challenges. Along with a state-of-the-art literature review, the chapters provide key insights and engagement priorities that will prove relevant to a variety of learning and teaching contexts Front Matter....Pages i-xiii International Perspectives on ELT Classroom Interaction: An Introduction....Pages 1-9 Teaching Methods and Approaches: Looking into a Unique CLIL Classroom in Germany....Pages 10-27 Summons Turns: The Business of Securing a Turn in Busy Classrooms....Pages 28-48 ‘Funds of Knowledge’ for Achievement and Success: Multilingual Pedagogies for Mainstream Primary Classrooms in England....Pages 49-63 The Multimodal Organisation of Teacher-Led Classroom Interaction....Pages 64-83 Networked Classrooms and Networked Minds: Language Teaching in a Brave New World....Pages 84-109 Giving and Following Pedagogical Instructions in Task-Based Instruction: An Ethnomethodological Perspective....Pages 110-128 Scaffolding for Mediated Learning During ‘Whole-Class Exercises’ in Kenyan Secondary English Lessons....Pages 129-148 L2 and L3 Integrated Learning: Lingua Franca Use in Learning an Additional Language in the Classroom....Pages 149-167 What’s the Use of Technology? Insights from EFL Classrooms in Chinese Secondary Schools....Pages 168-187 Analysing ELT in the European Arena: Multilingual Practices....Pages 188-207 Examining English-Only in the EFL Classroom of a Swedish School: A Conversation Analytic Perspective....Pages 208-218 Applying Global Perspectives on ELT Classroom Interaction to Current Issues in Language Teaching....Pages 219-226 Back Matter....Pages 227-254 "The last few decades have seen an increase in interest in classroom interaction, and this has coincided with the global spread of ELT. This book gathers together 11 empirical-based studies of classroom interaction carried out in different countries, including the USA, England, Kenya, Sweden, and China. Implementing methodologies including conversation analysis, corpus-based analysis and discourse analysis, and covering investigatory issues such as CLIL, multilingualism and computer-assisted language learning, each chapter provides cutting-edge accounts of classroom issues and challenges. Along with a state-of-the-art literature review, the chapters provide key insights and engagement priorities that will prove relevant to a variety of learning and teaching contexts."-- Provided by publisher