This unique volume draws on the theoretical framework and methodological tools of conversation analysis to examine interactional competence and its development as it occurs in a range of interactional practices, from a variety of contexts, and in a variety of second languages.
Joan Kelly Hall is Professor of Applied Linguistics and Director of the Center for Research on English Language Learning and Teaching (CRELLT) at the Pennsylvania State University, USA. Her research centers on documenting the specialized interactional practices and actions of teaching-and-learning found in instructional settings. Her most recent book is Essentials of SLA for L2 Teachers: A Transdisciplinary Framework (2019, Routledge).
John Hellermann is Assistant Professor of Applied Linguistics in the Department of Applied Linguistics at Portland State University.
Simona Pekarek Doehler is Professor of Applied Linguistics at the University of Neuchâtel, Switzerland.