Conversation Analysis and orientation to learning

Authors

  • Rod Gardner Griffith University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1558/japl.v5i3.229

Keywords:

classroom interaction, conversation analysis, learning-ininteraction, orientation to learning, second language acquisition

Author Biography

  • Rod Gardner, Griffith University

    Rod Gardner is a Conversation Analyst whose main research interests are in second language talk and learning and Indigenous Australian talk, both in ordinary conversation and classroom talk and learning. He has published on response tokens in English conversation, and has co edited an early collection of Conversation Analytic studies on second language talk.

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2015-09-14

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Gardner, R. (2015). Conversation Analysis and orientation to learning. Journal of Applied Linguistics and Professional Practice, 5(3), 229-244. https://doi.org/10.1558/japl.v5i3.229

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