Pekarek2013
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BibType | ARTICLE |
Key | Pekarek2013 |
Author(s) | Simona Pekarek Doehler |
Title | Social-interactional approaches to SLA: A state of the art and some future perspectives. |
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Tag(s) | EMCA, Interactional Linguistics, second language acquisition, social interaction, conversation analysis, social cognition, usage-based linguistics |
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Year | 2013 |
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Journal | Language, Interaction and Acquisition |
Volume | 4 |
Number | 2 |
Pages | 134–160 |
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DOI | 10.1075/lia.4.2.02pek |
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Abstract
In this paper I address the current state of the art in social-interactional research on SLA. I first provide a brief outline of the historical development of those lines of research that are commonly subsumed under the (broad) heading of ‘social-interactional approaches’, and I discuss their conceptual underpinnings as well as some of their research results. I then focus specifically on current research in what has become a major driving force in socially oriented research on SLA, namely conversation analysis (CA-SLA). I discuss some of the empirical evidence CA-SLA has offered for L2 learning as a socio-cognitive process bound up with the moment-to-moment unfolding of L2 speakers’ social practices. I also review its contribution to our understanding of L2 interactional competence and its development over time. I conclude by sketching avenues for future research.
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