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Teaching through peer interaction / Rebecca Adams and Rhonda Oliver.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York, NY : Routledge, 2019Description: 208 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781138069473
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 371.394 Ad171t 23
LOC classification:
  • LB1031.5 .A33 2019
Contents:
Peer interaction and language learning -- Why use peer interaction in the language classroom? -- How does learning happen in peer interaction? -- Peer interaction for speaking and listening -- Peer interaction for reading and writing -- Peer interaction and the future of language teaching -- The teacher's role in peer interaction -- Teacher concerns with peer interaction -- Guidelines for implementing peer interaction.
Summary: "Teaching Peer Interaction prepares teachers to use peer communication in the classroom. It presents current research of peer interaction and language learning for teachers, including background on the role of peer interaction in classroom language learning, guidelines for adopting and adapting peer interaction opportunities in real classrooms, and perspectives on teachers' frequently expressed concerns and questions about peer interaction. Practical and comprehensive, this text brings together information on peer communication across the different skill areas, for different learners, in different contexts and includes discussion on assessment. The text is replete with sample activities, tasks, and instructional sequences to aid teachers understand how to use peer interaction effectively in a range of classroom settings, making it the ideal textbook for upper-level undergraduate and graduate students in language education programs" -- Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Peer interaction and language learning -- Why use peer interaction in the language classroom? -- How does learning happen in peer interaction? -- Peer interaction for speaking and listening -- Peer interaction for reading and writing -- Peer interaction and the future of language teaching -- The teacher's role in peer interaction -- Teacher concerns with peer interaction -- Guidelines for implementing peer interaction.

"Teaching Peer Interaction prepares teachers to use peer communication in the classroom. It presents current research of peer interaction and language learning for teachers, including background on the role of peer interaction in classroom language learning, guidelines for adopting and adapting peer interaction opportunities in real classrooms, and perspectives on teachers' frequently expressed concerns and questions about peer interaction. Practical and comprehensive, this text brings together information on peer communication across the different skill areas, for different learners, in different contexts and includes discussion on assessment. The text is replete with sample activities, tasks, and instructional sequences to aid teachers understand how to use peer interaction effectively in a range of classroom settings, making it the ideal textbook for upper-level undergraduate and graduate students in language education programs" -- Provided by publisher.

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