Title

Dialogue In Second Language Learning And Teaching Directions For Research And Practice

Keywords

Bakhtin; Dialogue and dialogism; Discourses as dialogic constructions; Immigrants; Second language acquisition; Second language teacher education

Abstract

The paper contextualizes the concepts of dialogue and dialogism, as outlined by Bakhtin’s framework, in the fields of second language acquisition and applied linguistics. Specifically, it shows how dialogism could be applied to three distinct, but interconnected contexts: the context of immigrant second language learners, second and foreign language teacher education, and the increasingly important area of English as an international language. The paper argues that viewing language learners’ and their teachers’ identities as dialogic constructions and, particularly, the texts they produce as examples of active dialogic activities can help researchers and practitioners understand the active, agentive nature of the process of language acquisition better. © 2013 John Benjamins Publishing Company.

Publication Date

1-1-2013

Publication Title

Language and Dialogue

Volume

3

Issue

3

Number of Pages

388-402

Document Type

Article

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1075/ld.3.3.03vit

Socpus ID

84989367363 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/84989367363

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