Interaction and L2 Development

Course Number: 82-888

Diverse theoretical traditions in SLA claim that interaction is an important dimension of L2 development. Indeed, there is ample evidence that interaction can be an environmental trigger for internal psycholinguistic processes, a site of language socialization and a locus for the appropriation of psychological tools.

In this course, we will examine the role of, and methods for analyzing, interaction in L2 development in relation to ongoing debates in L2 research, with specific focus on research that draws on conversation analysis.

Students in this course will…

• Learn to conduct multimodal transcriptions of spoken interaction, including language, timing, prosody and nonverbal behaviors;
• Learn to collect interaction data in ethical and scientifically appropriate ways;
• Become familiar with a range of current debates in conversation analytic work on L2 development;
• Learn to apply key concepts from readings to the analysis of spoken interaction

Degree: Graduate
Concentration: Ph.D. in ALSLA
Semester(s): Fall, Spring