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Amirkhiz, Seyed Yasin Yazdi; Ajideh, Parviz – English Language Teaching, 2008
This study aims to translate tenets of social constructivism into practice via a scaffolded modality of learning. It is hypothesized that hermeneutical nature of passage interpretation could create "affordances", Van Lier's (2000) term, or "interactional opportunities" which are psycholinguistically and developmentally valuable…
Descriptors: Interaction, Scaffolding (Teaching Technique), Reading Programs, Learning Activities
Shomoossi, Nematullah – Online Submission, 1997
Background: After the failure of several important methods comparison studies in the 1960s, the influence of interaction analysis stimulated interest in foreign language classroom processes. More careful observational studies gradually revealed which process variables were of interest. Also, there has been much research on teacher talk, with a…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Classroom Research, Interaction Process Analysis, Ethnography