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- Title
Group Work, Interlanguage Talk, and Second Language Acquisition.
- Authors
Long, Michael H.; Porter, Patricia A.
- Abstract
The article focuses on the importance of interlanguage interaction and group work in second language learning. Working in groups promote language practice opportunities. The quality and quantity of student conversation is enhanced by group work. It leads to an improvement in grammatical accuracy. Face-to-face interaction between the students and teachers provides a natural environment for conversation. An informal setting is provided by a small group of peers. The students are motivated being individually engaged in lessons at a personal level. Small group of students can work differently and engage in works which are suited to their requirements. The students can attain several skills which would aid in communicative competence in a second language. This can be achieved by providing them with suitable courses to work with and giving them problems to solve. The pupils can develop skills such as topic nomination and focusing which are generally practiced only by the teacher.
- Subjects
INTERLANGUAGE (Language learning); SECOND language acquisition; FOREIGN language education; COMMUNICATION in small groups; BILINGUALISM; COMMUNICATIVE competence; GENERATIVE grammar; CURRICULUM; STUDENTS
- Publication
TESOL Quarterly, 1985, Vol 19, Issue 2, p207
- ISSN
0039-8322
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2307/3586827