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Publication details [#39372]

Pica, Teresa. 1987. Second-Language Acquisition, Social Interaction, and the Classroom. Applied Linguistics 8 (1) : 3–21.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

classroom conversation | L2-acquisition | social interaction

Place, Publisher

Oxford University Press

Journal WWW

http://www3.oup.co.uk/applij/contents/

Annotation

This paper argues that absence of the interactional features of confirmation, comprehension checks, and clarification requests in the classroom, reflects the unequal participant relationships that shape and are shaped by classroom activities.