Peer Interaction and Second Language Learning

1. Introduction 2. Understanding peer interaction: Research synthesis and directions (by Sato, Masatoshi) 3. Section I: Interactional patterns and learner characteristics 4. 1. Peer interaction and learning: A focus on the silent learner (by Dobao, Ana Fernandez) 5. 2. Peer interaction and metacognitive instruction in the EFL classroom (by Fujii, Akiko) 6. 3. Interaction or collaboration? Group dynamics in the foreign language classroom (by Sato, Masatoshi) 7. 4. Interactional behaviours of low-proficiency learners in small group work (by Choi, Hyunsik) 8. 5. Collaborative dialogue in a two-way Spanish/English immersion classroom: Does heterogeneous grouping promote peer linguistic scaffolding? (by Young, Amy I.) 9. Section II: Tasks and interactional modalities 10. 6. Peer interaction in F2F and CMC contexts (by Loewen, Shawn) 11. 7. Thai EFL learners' interaction during collaborative writing tasks and its relationship to text quality (by McDonough, Kim) 12. 8. Engagement with the language: How examining learners' affective and social engagement explains successful learner-generated attention to form (by Baralt, Melissa) 13. 9. EFL task-based interaction: Does task modality impact on language-related episodes? (by Garcia Mayo, Maria del Pilar) 14. 10. A focus on mode: Patterns of interaction in face-to-face and computer-mediated contexts (by Rouhshad, Amir) 15. 11. Small-group meta-analytic talk and Spanish L2 development (by Moranski, Kara) 16. Section III: Learning settings 17. 12. How adolescents use social discourse to open space for language learning during peer interactions (by Martin-Beltran, Melinda) 18. 13. Peer interaction while learning to read in a new language (by Bigelow, Martha) 19. Epilogue 20. New pathways in researching interaction (by Philp, Jenefer) 21. Index