"So What Are You Talking About?": The Importance of Student Questions in the ESL Classroom.
Year: 1993
Type: article
Abstract: Although recent classroom research on second language acquisition has begun to focus on student discourse, there are still few studies which examine student questions and their influfmce in the classroom. Based on multiple observations of four classrooms in an intensive English program, the researchers investigate [he factors that work together to shape question/response behavior among adult English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) learners. The coding and analysis of question types shows that in addition to sex, nationality, and proficiency, participation structures and task types greatly influence the quantity and range of communication in the classroom. (Author) *********************************************************************** Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made from the original document. *********************************************************************** U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Deice ol Educational Research and Improvement E DUCATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION CENTER (ERIC) ..101'his document has been reproduced as ece.ved 1,0M the person or organization originating it ( ' Minor changes nave been made to Improve reproduclron qualtly Points of wew or opintons staled In th,s docu niece do not necessarily represent olfiCral OE RI position or policy PERMISSION TO REPRODUCE THIS MATERIAL HAS BEEN GRANTED BY Cher
Authors: Ellen Skilton, Thomas Meyer
Institution: University of Pennsylvania
Language: English
Subfield: Language and Linguistics
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
SDG: Quality education
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2390002164