Learning an Additional Language Through Dialogic Inquiry  

Oleh:

Haneda, Mari ; Wells, Gordon

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Language and Education (Full Text) vol. 22 no. 2 (2008), page 114-136.
Topik: English as an additional language; dialogue; inquiry; classroom community
Fulltext: Vol. 22, No. 2, p 114-136.pdf (264.48KB)

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It has been increasingly recognised that classroom discourse plays an important social role as a semiotic mediator of knowledge construction with respect to curriculum content. The assumption is that through active verbal engagementwith a topic of interest, students are enabled to master the modes of language use associated with schooling – the various genres and registers specific to the different school subjects. In this conceptual position paper, we examine how appropriate these assumptions are in the case of school-aged English as additional language (EAL) learners who are learning English as the language of instruction. In the first part, we will make the case for the importance of dialogue in learning, both first and second languages and the need for an inquiry orientation to the curriculum in order to promote dialogic interaction. In the second part, drawing on examples from our research, we will present three instantiations of dialogic inquiry involving EAL learners in elementary and intermediate grades and discuss issues concerning dialogic inquiry and second language learning.

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