1st Edition

Teaching and Testing L2 Interactional Competence Bridging Theory and Practice

Edited By M. Rafael Salaberry, Silvia Kunitz Copyright 2019
434 Pages
by Routledge

434 Pages
by Routledge

434 Pages
by Routledge

This volume features the latest research findings on L2 interactional competence to demonstrate the potential for developing and implementing research-based pedagogy that targets interactional competence (IC) in early instruction in a variety of L2 learning and teaching contexts. Incorporating contributions from both leading and emerging researchers in the area, the book is organized into four... Read more

Introduction



Rafael Salaberry And Silvia Kunitz



Section I: Theoretical and Methodological Approaches



Chapter 1 - On the Nature and the Development Of L2 Interactional Competence: State of the Art and Implications for Praxis



Simona Pekarek Doehler



Chapter 2 - Some Theoretical Reflections on the Construct of Interactional Competence



Numa Markee



Chapter 3 - The Construction of Interactional Incompetence in L2 Interaction



Eric Hauser



Section II: Research-Based Insights for Teaching



Chapter 4 – Ohja. Ja. Ja. (‘Ohyes. Yes. Yes.’): Providing the Appropriate Next Relevant Action in L2 Interaction



Carmen Taleghani-Nikazm



Chapter 5 – The Interplay Between Collaborative Turn Sequences and Active Listenership: Implications for the Development of L2 Interactional Competence



Olcay Sert



hatntialstep forward and l research-based implementations…sense that first we talk about insights for teaching and, immediate Chapter 6 Developing and Teaching Interactional Competence in Japanese Style Shifting



Naoko Taguchi And Dina Yoshimihatntialstep forward and l research-based implementations…sense that first we talk about insights for teaching and, immediate



Section III: Research-Informed Pedagogy



Chapter 7 – Interactional Competence and Study Abroad: Empirical Methods, Findings, and Pedagogical Implications



Kate White



Chapter 8 – Developing Interactional Competence with Limited Linguistic Resources



Hansun Zhang Waring



Chapter 9 – Instructed L2 Interactional Competence in the First Year



Silvia Kunitz and Meng Yeh



Chapter 10 – Making Sense of Interactional Trouble Through Mobile-Supported Sharing Activities



Niina Lilja and Arja Piirainen Marsh



Section IV: Testing



Chapter 11 – What Counts as Evidence For Interactional Competence? Developing Criteria for a Germa Classroom-Based Paired Speaking Project



Thorsten Huth and Emma Betz



Chapter 12 - Testing Interactional Competence in Second Language Classrooms: Goals, Formats and Caveats



Katharina Kley



Chapter 13 - Doing Versus Assessing Interactional Competence



Erica Sandlund and Pia Sundqvist



Conclusion



Hanh Thi Nguyen

Biography

M. Rafael Salaberry is Mary Gibbs Jones Professor of Humanities and Director of the Center for Languages and Intercultural Communication at Rice University, USA.





Silvia Kunitz is University Lecturer in the Department of English at Stockholm University, Sweden.