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- Title
Positioning the Expert: Word Searches, Expertise, and Learning Opportunities in Peer Interaction.
- Authors
Reichert, Tetyana; Liebscher, Grit
- Abstract
The goal of this article is to further our understanding of how learning opportunities are created in interactions. Based on a conversation analysis of peer interactions of foreign language learners, we investigate how the negotiation of expert positions among these learners affects this process. The focus of the analysis is on the relationship between the conversation analytic notion of 'doing-being-an-expert' and learning in the context of word searches. We challenge the fixed notions of expert and novice and highlight the roles of interpersonal context, tools, and positioning in the negotiation of expertise. Drawing on the socio-interactionist notion of situating learning in interaction, we argue that there is a link between the negotiation of expert positions and opportunities for learning.
- Subjects
SECOND language acquisition; EXPERTISE -- Social aspects; CONVERSATION analysis; SOCIAL interaction; DISCUSSION in education; INTERPERSONAL relations research; SOCIAL learning; NATIVE language; GERMAN as a foreign language
- Publication
Modern Language Journal, 2012, Vol 96, Issue 4, p599
- ISSN
0026-7902
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1540-4781.2012.01397.x