Preface

Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Table of contents v
3. List of contributors vii
4. Preface xi
5. Part I. Interactions in L2 classrooms
6. 1. Promoting attention to form through task repetition in a Korean EFL context 3
7. 2. Language-related episodes during collaborative tasks 25
8. 3. The impact of increasing task complexity on L2 pragmatic moves 45
9. 4. Tasks and traditional practice activities in a foreign language context 71
10. 5. Building explicit L2 Spanish knowledge through guided induction in small group and whole class interaction 89
11. 6. Classroom interaction and learning opportunities across time and space 109
12. Part II. Interactions involving technology
13. 7. The cyber language exchange 129
14. 8. Using eye tracking as a measure of foreign language learners’ noticing of recasts during computer-mediated writing conferences 147
15. 9. A corpus approach to studying structural convergence in task-based Spanish L2 interactions 167
16. 10. Preemptive feedback in CALL 189
17. 11. Learner perceptions of clickers as a source of feedback in the classroom 209
18. Part III. Interactions in other educational settings
19. 12. International engineering graduate students’ interactional patterns on a paired speaking test 227
20. 13. The effectiveness of interactive group orals for placement testing 247
21. 14. Interaction in conversation groups 269
22. 15. Language production opportunities during whole-group interaction in conversation group settings 293
23. Appendix 315
24. Index 317