Interaction and instructed second language acquisition

• Published in: Language teaching Vol. 51; no. 3; pp. 285 - 329
• Main Authors: Loewen, Shawn, Sato, Masatoshi
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge, UK Cambridge University Press 01.07.2018
• Subjects: Classroom communication; Communication (Thought Transfer); Computer Mediated Communication; Discourse Analysis; Educational activities; Educational technology; Effect Size; Feedback; Hypotheses; Individual Differences; Interaction; Intonation; Language Acquisition; Language Proficiency; Language teaching methods; Literature Reviews; Meta Analysis; Native Speakers; Negotiation; Peer Relationship; Researchers; Second Language Instruction; Second Language Learning; State-of-the-Art Article; Student Improvement; Task Analysis; Teaching; Verbal communication; Vocabulary Development

Interaction is an indispensable component in second language acquisition (SLA). This review surveys the instructed SLA research, both classroom and laboratory-based, that has been conducted primarily within the interactionist approach, beginning with the core constructs of interaction, namely input,...