This chapter discusses the state of the art in empirical research on second language (L2)
interactional competence (IC) and its development. It analyses the move from a research …

Background The concept of IC as it is used today traces back to Hymes's (1972) view of
communicative competence (CC) as the knowledge of how to use language appropriately in …

Drawing on usage‐based approaches to the study of language learning—including recent
research on mobility in interaction, embodied approaches to cognition and communicative …

There has been considerable research and innovation relating to pedagogies that interface
world languages (L2) education with opportunities for interaction and learning that occur in …

The use of films as teaching and learning materials can provide a variety of opportunities for
interaction in second language classrooms. Research on the usage of films in language …

This study investigates a second language (L2) speaker's use and learning of the Icelandic
auxiliary verb ætla (pronounced/aihtla/) in the wild. This analytic focus is motivated by the L2 …

The articles in this special issue contribute to understanding the interactional grounding of
language learning by scrutinizing how patterns of language use emerge and get routinized …

This chapter examines how second language speakers use a mobile phone as a resource
to focus on and make sense of moments of interactional trouble that they have experienced …

The objective of this chapter is two-fold:(1) using interactional data from L2 Danish “in the
wild”, ie, in non-classroom, non-pedagogically designed settings, I continue previous work …

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