Publications

Publication details [#48902]

Storch, Neomy. 2008. Metatalk in a Pair Work Activity: Level of Engagement and Implications for Language Development. Language Awareness 17 (2) : 95–114.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

classroom conversation | language choice | language development1 | metalanguage | task-dependency of processing

Place, Publisher

Routledge

Journal WWW

www.multilingual-matters.com/multi/onlinej.asp

Annotation

This classroom-based study explores learners' metatalk in a pair work assignment on text reconstruction, and in particular learners' engagement level with linguistic choices and its possible impact on language development.