Publications

Publication details [#48903]

Swain, Merrill and Yuko Watanabe. 2008. Perception of Learner Proficiency: Its Impact on the Interaction Between an ESL Learner and Her Higher and Lower Proficiency Partners. Language Awareness 17 (2) : 115–130.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

classroom conversation | language proficiency | perception3 | second language acquisition

Language as a subject

English | Japanese

Place, Publisher

Routledge

Journal WWW

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

Annotation

This paper explores a Japanese English as a second language learner's awareness of her peer's second language proficiency (difference) during pair problem solving, and whether/how this perception influences the nature of peer assistance.