Table of contents
AcknowledgementsVII
Notations used in the transcriptsIX
Part I.Overview1
Chapter 1.Transitions in the language classroom as important sites for language alternation3
Chapter 2.Analysing bilingual talk: Conversation analysis and language alternation15
Chapter 3.Overall order versus local order in bilingual conversation: A conversation analytic perspective on language alternation35
Part II.Language alternation in the language classroom59
Chapter 4.Language alternation in peer interaction in content and language integrated learning (CLIL)61
Chapter 5.What is it in Swedish? Translation requests as a resource for vocabulary explanation in english as mother tongue tuition83
Chapter 6.L1/L2 alternation practices in students’ task planning107
Chapter 7.Transitions with “Okay”: Managing language alternation in role-play preparations129
Chapter 8.Recurring patterns of language alternation practices by EFL novice teachers in Vietnam149
Chapter 9.Language alternation during L2 classroom discussion tasks165
Chapter 10.Making teacher talk comprehensible through language alternation practices183
Part IIIConclusions: Pedagogical implications for teacher development203
Chapter 11.From research to applications: Pedagogical considerations in language alternation practices205
References225
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