Discourse Patterns in First Language Use at Hcme and Second Language Learning at School: an Ethnographic Approach

Interpretation of Results

5.1 Overview                                                         129

5.2 Participants, topics and purpose of interaction

1. Home conversations                                        131

2. Classroom dialogue texts                                  135

5.3 The sustaining of Interaction

1. Home conversations                                        137

2. Classroom dialogue texts                                  144

5.4 Clarification exchanges

1. Home conversations                                        147

2. Classroom dialogue texts                                  151

5.5 The exchange of information and explanation

1. Home conversations                                        153

2. Classroom dialogue texts                                  160

5.6 Conclusion: interaction in the classroom

1. The development of L2 oral competence                    162

2. The Interlanguage perspective                             165

3. Classroom discourse                                       168

Implications of the Study

6.1 The teacher as protagonist                                      170

6.2 The teacher as restraint                                        173

6.3 An ethnographic approach to Teacher Education

1. Language, cognition and culture                           177

2. The Zone of Proximal Development at home and at school 178

3. Translating culture into education                        181

4. Conclusion                                                 187

Annexes
References
Acknowledgments

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