TY  - BOOK
AU  - Chaudron,Craig
TI  - Second Language Classrooms: Research on Teaching and Learning 
SN  - 052132775X (pbk)
AV  - P53 .C43 1988
PY  - 1988///
CY  - New York
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - Language and languages
KW  - Study and teaching
KW  - Second language acquisition
KW  - Methodology
N1  - Available in print and electronic formats; Includes bibliographical references (p. 193-213) and index; "This important new book provides a critical overview of recent classroom-centered research and its implications for the teaching and learning of languages. Chaudron synthesizes and evaluates crucial research about the way student and teacher behaviours affect language learning and discusses research methods.
; Second Language Classrooms will be of vital interest to researchers, language teachers, and curriculum specialists, as well as readers with a general interest in education, linguistics, sociology, or psychology." (Book Cover); TABLE OF CONTENTS
; Frontmatter
; List of tables and figures
; Series editors' preface
; Preface
; 1 Major issues in second language classroom research
; The value of second language instruction
; The context of second language instruction
; Major issues
; Learning from instruction
; Teacher talk; Learner behaviour
; Interaction in the classroom
; Methodological problems
; Overview of the book; 2 Classroom research methods
; Four traditions in research
; General methodological issues
; Quantitative and qualitative approaches
; Classroom observation and instrumentation
; Dimensions of analysis; Reliability and validity of research instruments
; The traditions in perspective
; The psychometric approach
; The interaction analysis approach; The discourse analysis approach
; The ethnographic approach
; Conclusion; 3 Teacher talk in second language classrooms
; Amount and types of teacher talk
; Functional distribution of teacher talk
; Modifications in teacher speech
; Modifications of speech rate, prosody, phonology
; Modifications of vocabulary; Modifications of syntax
; Modifications of discourse
; Summary of modifications
; Elaborated descriptions of teacher discourse; Explanations
; Conclusion; 4 Learner behavior in second language classrooms
; Language production
; Learner production and situational factors
; Summary
; Input generation; Age and initiating
; Social contexts and functions of initiation
; Cultural factors and initiation
; Interaction between learners; Classroom organization
; Task type
; Summary
; Learner strategies
; Summary
; Conclusion; 5 Teacher and student interaction in second language
; Differential allocation of teacher speech to learners
; Choice of language
; Functional allocation of language choice
; Summary
; Questioning behaviour
; Type of question
; Modification of questions
; Questioning patterns
; Questions in interaction
; Summary
; Feedback; Conclusion; 6 Learning outcomes
; Teacher input and learner comprehension/production
; Rate of speech
; Syntactic complexity and repetition
; Frequency of input
; Summary
; Formal language instruction; Focus on form
; Explicit grammar instruction
; Summary
; Learner behaviour and learning outcomes
; Learner production; Learner initiation and interaction
; Learning strategies
; Summary
; Classroom interaction and learning outcomes
; Speech addressed to learners
; Language of input; Questions and learner production
; Feedback and learning outcomes
; Summary
; Conclusion; 7 Direction for research and teaching
; Methodological issues
; Observation instruments
; Design
; Statistics and reporting
; Theory and second language classrooms; Implications for research and teaching
; Presage variables
; Context variables
; Process variables
; The value of second language instruction
; References; Index
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