Preface

Chapter 1: Introduction

1.1 Research on Language and Interaction Across Disciplines

1.2 Research on Interaction and Second Language Teaching

1.3 On Grammatical Sentences and their Limits

1.4 Action and Sequence: Composition, Position, and Context

1.5 Conclusion

Chapter 2: Understanding interaction

2.1 Basics: Action and Sequence

2.2 Larger Courses of Action

2.3 Why We Talk

2.4 Interaction, Language, and Culture

2.5 Conclusion

Chapter 3: Understanding language learning

3.1 On Learning vs. Teaching

3.2 Language Learning in Children

3.3 Second Language Learning

3.4 Situated Interaction as Driver and Object of Learning

3.5 Language Learning Revisited

3.6 Conclusion

Chapter 4: Understanding interaction in the classroom

4.1 Researching Classroom Interaction

4.2 Shaping Classroom Interaction for Maximizing Learning

4.3 Interaction as Teaching and Learning Target

4.4 Conclusion

Chapter 5: Interaction, language use, and second language teaching

5.1 Main Insights

5.2 Discussion