Interpretation / 130
. the use of rhetorical questions.
A note on the terminology used:
Interaction = verbal communication between children and adults in both
home and classroom, in Ll or L2
ConversatIonal Sequences (CS) or. Conversation = spontaneous interaction
at home in Ll as recorded in the transcripts
Dialogue Texts (PT) = texts of dialogues, in L2, as printed in Grade 1
Textbooks and Teachers' Manuals
Dialogues = dialogues enacted in role play or used in oral practice, in
L2, on the basis of the corresponding dialogue texts.