Publications

Publication details [#52898]

Dailey-O'Cain, Jennifer and Miles Turnbull. 2009. First Language Use in Second and Foreign Language Learning. (Second Language Acquisition). Multilingual Matters. 224 pp.

Publication type

Book – monograph

Publication language

English

Keywords

applied linguistics | classroom conversation | code-switching | foreign language acquisition | second language acquisition

Annotation

This volume presents novel approaches to first language use in communicative or immersion-type classrooms in a variety of languages, countries, and educational contexts. It advocates a reconceptualization of code-switching as a natural practice among both proficient and aspiring bilinguals.