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Instructional Conversations. ERIC Digest.
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ERIC Clearinghouse on Languages and Linguistics, Washington, DC. – 1992
Given recent research that encourages more frequent use of the discussion method in teaching, this digest reviews the role of instructional conversations (ICs) in second language learning. ICs, instructional in content and conversational in quality, offer natural and spontaneous language interactions that are free from the didactic characteristics…
Descriptors: Conversational Language Courses, Discussion (Teaching Technique), Elementary Secondary Education, Instructional Innovation