Authenticity, Language and Interaction in Second Language Contexts

by Van Compernolle, Remi A.,; McGregor, Janice

• ISBN13: 9781783095308
• ISBN10: 178309530X
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2016-04-20
• Publisher: Multilingual Matters

Summary

This collection addresses issues of authenticity in second language contexts from a variety of theoretical and methodological approaches along three principal themes: What is authentic language? Who is an authentic speaker? How is authenticity achieved? The volume responds to these questions by bringing together scholars working in a range of contexts, including with language learners in the classroom and in residence or study abroad, with a variety of second or additional languages: Chinese, English, French, German, Japanese and Spanish. Contributions focus on authenticity as it relates to patterns of language and meaning, and to agency, identity and culture, and serve as an opening to an extended conversation about the nature of authenticity and its development in L2 contexts. This volume is relevant for students and scholars interested in learning about or investigating questions of authenticity and interaction in a wide range of language learning contexts.

Author Biography

Rémi A. van Compernolle is Assistant Professor of Second Language Acquisition and French & Francophone Studies at Carnegie Mellon University, USA. His research interests include sociocultural psychology, second language development, pedagogy and assessment, sociolinguistics, pragmatics and interactional competence. He is the author of Sociocultural Theory and L2 Instructional Pragmatics (2014, Multilingual Matters).Janice McGregor is Assistant Professor of German at Kansas State University, USA. Her research interests include second language learning and use, study abroad and intercultural dimensions of language learning and use.

Table of Contents

1. Rémi A. van Compernolle and Janice McGregor: Introducing Authenticity, Language and Interaction in Second Language Contexts
2. Rémi A. van Compernolle and Ashlie Henery: Evaluating L2 Pragmatic Appropriateness and Authenticity in Synchronous Computer-Mediated Strategic Interaction Scenarios
3. Lawrence Williams: Authenticity and Pedagogical Grammar: A Concept-Based Approach to Teaching French Auxiliary Verbs
4. Rémi A. van Compernolle: Sociolinguistic Authenticity and Classroom L2 Learners: Production, Perception, and Metapragmatics
5. Naoko Taguchi: Learning Speech Style in Japanese Study Abroad: Learners' Knowledge of Normative Use and Actual Use
6. Wenhao Diao: Gender, Youth and Authenticity: Peer Mandarin Socialization among American Students in a Chinese College Dorm
7. Julieta Fernández: Authenticating Language Choices: Out-Of-Class Interactions in Study Abroad
8. Sheng-Hsun Lee and Celeste Kinginger: Authenticating Practices in Chinese Home Stay Interactions
9. Janice McGregor: Metapragmatic Talk and the Interactional Accomplishment of Authenticity in Study Abroad
10. Gabriele Kasper and Alfred Rue Burch: Focus on Form in the Wild
11. Rémi A. van Compernolle and Janice McGregor: Conclusions and Future Directions