Authenticity, Language and Interaction in Second Language Contexts

Edited by Rémi A. van Compernolle, Janice McGregor

Publication date:

20 April 2016

Publisher

Multilingual Matters

Dimensions:

234x156mm
6x9"

ISBN-13: 9781783095308

This collection addresses issues of authenticity in second language contexts from a variety of theoretical and methodological approaches along three principal themes: What is authentic language? Who is an authentic speaker? How is authenticity achieved? The volume responds to these questions by bringing together scholars working in a range of contexts, including with language learners in the classroom and in residence or study abroad, with a variety of second or additional languages: Chinese, English, French, German, Japanese and Spanish. Contributions focus on authenticity as it relates to patterns of language and meaning, and to agency, identity and culture, and serve as an opening to an extended conversation about the nature of authenticity and its development in L2 contexts. This volume is relevant for students and scholars interested in learning about or investigating questions of authenticity and interaction in a wide range of language learning contexts.

Rémi A. van Compernolle and Janice McGregor: Introducing Authenticity, Language and Interaction in Second Language Contexts
Rémi A. van Compernolle and Ashlie Henery: Evaluating L2 Pragmatic Appropriateness and Authenticity in Synchronous Computer-Mediated Strategic Interaction Scenarios
Lawrence Williams: Authenticity and Pedagogical Grammar: A Concept-Based Approach to Teaching French Auxiliary Verbs
Rémi A. van Compernolle: Sociolinguistic Authenticity and Classroom L2 Learners: Production, Perception, and Metapragmatics
Naoko Taguchi: Learning Speech Style in Japanese Study Abroad: Learners’ Knowledge of Normative Use and Actual Use
Wenhao Diao: Gender, Youth and Authenticity: Peer Mandarin Socialization among American Students in a Chinese College Dorm
Julieta Fernández: Authenticating Language Choices: Out-Of-Class Interactions in Study Abroad
Sheng-Hsun Lee and Celeste Kinginger: Authenticating Practices in Chinese Home Stay Interactions
Janice McGregor: Metapragmatic Talk and the Interactional Accomplishment of Authenticity in Study Abroad
Gabriele Kasper and Alfred Rue Burch: Focus on Form in the Wild
Rémi A. van Compernolle and Janice McGregor: Conclusions and Future Directions

In bringing together a wealth of empirical data from both informal and formal pedagogic contexts, this collection not only makes a powerful and informed contribution to the still vibrant debate over the issue of authenticity in language education, but also succeeds in challenging and, to a large extent, superseding existing understandings of the concept.