L2 Interactional Competence and Development

Joan Kelly Hall is Professor of Applied Linguistics in the Department of Applied Linguistics at Pennsylvania State University.John Hellermann is Assistant Professor of Applied Linguistics in the Department of Applied Linguistics at Portland State University.Simona Pekarek Doehler is Professor of Applied Linguistics at the University of Neuchâtel, Switzerland.

• PrefaceChapter 1-Joan Kelly Hall and Simona Pekarek Doehler: Introduction: Interactional Competence and DevelopmentSection One: The Nature of L2 Interactional CompetenceChapter 2-Arja Piirainen-Marsh: Enacting Interactional Competence in Gaming Activities: Co-Producing Talk with Virtual OthersChapter 3-Fritjof Sahlström: Learning as social actionChapter 4-Fee Steinbach Kohler and Steven L. Thorne: The social life of self-directed talk: A sequential phenomenon?Chapter 5-Gudrun Theodórsdóttir:Second language use for business and learningChapter 6- Rémi A. van Compernolle: Responding to questions and L2 learner interactional competence during language proficiency interviews: A microanalytic study with pedagogical implicationsSection Two: Development of L2 Interactional CompetenceChapter 7- John Hellermann: Members' methods, members’ competencies: Looking for evidence of language learning in longitudinal investigations of other-initiated repairChapter 8-Hanh thi Nguyen: Achieving Recipient Design Longitudinally: Evidence from a Pharmacy Intern in Patient ConsultationsChapter 9- Simona Pekarek Doehler and Evelyne Pochon-Berger: Developing ‘methods’ for interaction: A cross-sectional study of disagreement sequences in French L2Chapter 10- Emily Rine and Joan Kelly Hall: Becoming the Teacher: Changing Participant Frameworks in International Teaching Assistant (ITA) Discourse

Hall et al have advanced our understanding of second language learning with this timely collection. Contributors demonstrate the importance of interactional competence and they show how it develops through embodied participation in multi-party interaction. This collection provides a comprehensive account of one of most exciting developments in second language learning and teaching.