Material Moments: Teacher and Student Use of Materials in Multilingual Writing Classroom Interactions

Autor/in	Matsumoto, Yumi
Titel	Material Moments: Teacher and Student Use of Materials in Multilingual Writing Classroom Interactions
Quelle	In: Modern Language Journal, 103 (2019) 1, S.179-204 (26 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0026-7902
DOI	10.1111/modl.12547
Schlagwörter	Multilingualism; Second Language Learning; Second Language Instruction; Worksheets; Classroom Communication; Writing Instruction; Instructional Materials; Textbooks; Teacher Developed Materials; Communication Problems; Teacher Student Relationship; Speech Communication; Nonverbal Communication; Teaching Methods + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Mehrsprachigkeit; Multilingualismus; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Klassengespräch; Schreibunterricht; Lehrmaterial; Lehrmittel; Unterrichtsmedien; Textbook; Text book; Schulbuch; Lehrbuch; Kommunikationsbarriere; Teacher student relationships; Lehrer-Schüler-Beziehung; Non-verbal communication; Nonverbale Kommunikation; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode
Abstract	This qualitative study examines moments in the multilingual classroom when materials become prominent in whole-class interactions. Despite the critical impact that materials can have on classroom discourse and learning/teaching, research on "actual usage" of materials in second language (L2) classroom interactions has been scarce compared with the effort devoted to the development and assessment of L2 materials (Guerrettaz & Johnston, 2013). This study examines students' and instructors' use of materials in a multilingual writing classroom, focusing on the roles of textbooks, teacher-prepared worksheets, and a projection screen. The study illustrates the relationship between materials and miscommunication--specifically, how materials can contribute both to resolving miscommunication among students and their instructor and to creating miscommunication when students employ materials differently than intended by the instructor. This study employs the concepts of "adaptation," "improvisation," and "attractor states" from complexity theory (e.g., Larsen-Freeman, 2017) to analyze L2 classroom interactions. A sequential, multimodal analysis demonstrates that students and their instructor seem to be aware of materials as interactional resources and actively coordinate them with speech and nonverbal, embodied resources for meaning making. The findings improve our understanding of how L2 teachers and students can attend to materials and adapt such interactional resources for their own purposes. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01