Ⅰ A FRAMEWORK FOR UNDERSTANDING COMMUNICATION IN SECOND LANGUAGE CLASSROOMS

1 Communication in second language classrooms

The classroom as a communication context

Classroom communicative competence

Introducing the framework

An overview of the framework

An overview of the book

2 Teachers'control of the patterns of classroom communication

Teachers'use of language during classroom lessons

Teachers'frames of reference

Conclusion

3 Students'perceptions of the patterns of classroom communication

Students'perceptions of classroom events

Students'frames of reference

Conclusion

4 Students'knowledge and use of language

Students'linguistic background knowledge：learned ways of talking

Students'cultural background knowledge：learned ways of communicating

Discontinuities between the language of the home and the school

Maximizing students'knowledge and uses of language in the classroom

Conclusion

5 Students'use of language for learning and second language acquisition

Students'use of language for classroom learning

Students'use of language for second language acquisition

Optimal classroom conditions for classroom learning and second language acquisition

Conclusion

Ⅱ EXAMINING PATTERNS OF COMMUNICATION IN SECOND LANGUAGE CLASSROOMS

6 Teacher-student interaction

Excerpt 6.1：Teacher-directed patterns of communication in teacher-student interaction

Excerpt 6.2：Variability in the patterns of communication in teacher-student interaction

Conclusion

7 Student-student interaction

Student-student interaction in the classroom

The structure of student-student interaction

Student-student interaction in second language classrooms

Conclusion

8 Community- and school-based issues and second language classrooms

Community-based issues and second language classrooms

The status of English in EFL instructional settings

Commercial materials and second language classrooms

The classroom experience

Conclusion

Ⅲ PROMOTING COMMUNICATION IN SECOND LANGUAGE CLASSROOMS

9 Expanding the patterns of classroom communication

Allowing for variability in the patterns of classroom communication

Extending the patterns of classroom communication

Conclusion

10 Classroom communicative competence

Defining classroom communicative competence

Establishing classroom communicative competence

Extending classroom communicative competence

Conclusion

References

Index