Richard F. Young is Professor of English at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, USA.

• Section A: Introduction Unit A1. Language and Interaction Unit A2. Talk in Context Unit A3. Interactional Resources Unit A4. Discursive Practices Unit A5. Describing Discursive Practices Unit A6. Interactional Competence Unit A7. Talk and Identity Unit A8. Community and Communities Unit A9. Developing Skills in Social Interaction Section B: Extension Unit B1. The Social Nature of Language and Interaction Unit B2. Talk in Context Unit B3. Interactional Resources Unit B4. Discursive Practices Unit B5. A Framework for Describing Discursive Practices Unit B6. Interactional Competence Unit B7. Co-Constructing Identity Unit B8. Discourse Communities Unit B9. Learning in Cultural Communities Section C: Exploration Unit C1. Exploring the Nature of Language and Interaction Unit C2. Exploring the Nature of Context Unit C3. Exploring Ways of Making Meaning Unit C4. Different Communities, Different Practices Unit C5. Patterns of Classroom Discourse Unit C6. Analyzing Interaction Unit C7. Constructing Identities Unit C8. Discovering Communities Unit C9. Developing Interactional Skills

'In sum, the resource book suggests a path one may follow to investigate language as social action and offers suggestions for further studies. It represents an outstanding proposal to bridge the gap among different disciplines and theories having them to intersect on naturally occurring data.' - Michela Biazzi, Linguistlist'This volume is an eminently useful and comprehensive presentation of all the major research themese, questions, and studies int he field of language as social interaction.' - Claire Kramsch, University of California, Berkeley, USA