International Perspectives on ELT Classroom Interaction

by Jenks, Christopher J.; Seedhouse, Paul

• ISBN13: 9781137340726
• ISBN10: 113734072X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2015-05-06
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Summary

The last few decades have seen an increase in interest in classroom interaction, and this has coincided with the global spread of ELT. This book gathers together 11 empirical-based studies of classroom interaction carried out in different countries, including the USA, England, Kenya, Sweden, and China. Implementing methodologies including conversation analysis, corpus-based analysis and discourse analysis, and covering investigatory issues such as CLIL, multilingualism and computer-assisted language learning, each chapter provides cutting-edge accounts of classroom issues and challenges. Along with a state-of-the-art literature review, the chapters provide key insights and engagement priorities that will prove relevant to a variety of learning and teaching contexts.

Author Biography

Christopher Jenks is Assistant Professor of English and ESL/TESOL Coordinator at University of South Dakota, USA. He is the author and co-editor of several books, including an edited collection on second language learning that was runner-up for the 2011 British Association for Applied Linguistics (BAAL) Book Award.

Paul Seedhouse is Professor of Educational and Applied Linguistics at Newcastle University, UK. His monograph, The Interactional Architecture of the Language Classroom, won the Modern Languages Association of America Mildenberger Prize. He currently has a grant to build a digital kitchen which teaches users French language and cuisine simultaneously.

Table of Contents

1. International Perspectives on ELT Classroom Interaction: An Introduction; Paul Seedhouse and Christopher Jenks

2. Teaching Methods and Approaches: Looking into a Unique CLIL Classroom in Germany; Gotz Schwab

3. Summons Turns: The Business of Securing a Turn in Busy Classrooms; Rod Gardner

4. 'Funds of Knowledge' for Achievement and Success: Multilingual Pedagogies for Mainstream Primary Classrooms in England; Jean Conteh

5. The Multimodal Organisation of Teacher-led Classroom Interaction; Leila Kaanta

6. Networked Classrooms and Networked Minds: Language Teaching in a Brave New World; Melinda Dooly

7. Giving and Following Pedagogical Instructions in Task-based Instruction: An Ethnomethodological Perspective; Numa Markee

8. Scaffolding for Mediated Learning During 'Whole-class Exercises' in Kenyan Secondary English Lessons; Dorine Lugendo and Heather Smith

9. L2 and L3 Integrated Learning: Lingua Franca Use in Learning an Additional Language in the Classroom; Spencer Hazel and Johannes Wagner

10. What's the Use of Technology? Insights from EFL Classrooms in Chinese Secondary Schools; Li Li

11. Analysing ELT in the European Arena: Multilingual Practices; Gudrun Ziegler, Natalia Durus, Olcay Sert and Neiloufar Family

12. Examining English-only in the EFL Classroom of a Swedish School: A Conversation Analytic Perspective; Alia Amir

13. Applying Global Perspectives on ELT Classroom Interaction to Current Issues in Language Teaching; Christopher Jenks and Paul Seedhouse