Understanding Communication in Second Language Classrooms

• PART 1 UNDERSTANDING COMMUNICATION IN SECOND LANGUAGE CLASSROOMS; 1 Understanding communication in second language classrooms; 2 Teachers' control of the patterns of classroom communication; 3 Students' perceptions of the patterns of classroom communication; 4 Students' knowledge and use of language; 5 Students' use of language for classroom learning and second language acquisition; PART 2 EXAMINING PATTERNS OF COMMUNICATION IN SECOND LANGUAGE CLASSROOMS; 6 Examining teacher-student interaction; 7 Examining student-student interaction; 8 Examining community/school-based issues and second language classrooms; PART III PROMOTING COMMUNICATION IN SECOND LANGUAGE CLASSROOMS; 9 Promoting communication in second language classrooms; 10 Classroom communicative competence.

'The major strength of this book is in its real examples of how second language classroom communication is established and maintained facilitating teaching, learning and second languge acquisition. It is a valuable reference for teacher educators, student teachers and classroom teachers.' VATME Newsletter, No 63, 1996