Bridging Research and Practice
Professional Development Resources for L2 Teaching and Learning
About this workshop Introduction Communication strategies have been defined in Second Language Acquisition as compensating for a lack of linguistic competence, and as requiring planning. This workshop problematizes this view, suggesting that a focus on interaction as action (as presented
About this workshop Introduction This workshop focuses on open-ended role plays that center around interactionally / pragmatically sensitive situations, with two goals in mind: 1) To provide examples to show how being polite or impolite is done (including phenomena such
Participants: dialogue (one learner, two natives) Context: activity outside class, interviewing, spring 2015 Topic Keywords: sports, soccer, food, daily life Linguistic Features: past, present, future, describing Interactional Practices: turn-taking Downloads ◆ Lesson Plan (1) [Sample] ◆ Transcript (L2)
Participants: dialogue (two learners, two natives) Context: study abroad in Brazil, conversation, summer 2015 Topic Keywords: daily routine, daily life, university Linguistic Features: present tense, use of subject pronouns, “nós” and “a gente” as 1st person plural pronouns Interactional Practices:
Participants: dialogue (two learners, two natives) Context: study abroad in Brazil, conversation, summer 2015 Topic Keywords: relationship with parents, personal experience Linguistic Features: story telling, citation of one’s and others’ discourse, past tense Interactional Practices: turn-taking, repair Downloads ◆ Transcript
Participants: dialogue (one learner, one native) Context: study abroad in Brazil, conversation, summer 2015 Topic Keywords: education, past, present Linguistic Features: past tense, variety of Portuguese spoken by illiterate or fuctional illeterate people in Brazil: lack of subject-verb agreement, lack
Participants: dialogue (one learner, one native speaker) Context: study abroad in Brazil, conversation, summer 2015 Topic Keywords: getting to know each other, career choice, family, place of origin Linguistic Features: present tense, past tense Interactional Practices: Turn-taking, expanding the topic
Participants: dialogue (one learner, one native speaker) Context: study abroad in Brazil, conversation, summer 2015 Topic Keywords: getting to know each other, career choice, family, place of origin Linguistic Features: present tense, past tense Interactional Practices: turn taking Downloads ◆