DISCURSIVE PRACTICE IN LANGUAGE LEARNING AND TEACHING

DISCURSIVE PRACTICE IS A THEORY OF THE LINGUISTIC AND SOCIO-CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS OF RECURRING EPISODES OF FACE-TO-FACE INTERACTION; EPISODES THAT HAVE SOCIAL AND CULTURAL SIGNIFICANCE TO A COMMUNITY OF SPEAKERS. THIS BOOK EXAMINES THE DISCURSIVE PRACTICE APPROACH TO LANGUAGE-IN-INTERACTION, EXPLICATING THE CONSEQUENCES OF GROUNDING LANGUAGE USE AND LANGUAGE LEARNING IN A VIEW OF SOCIAL REALITIES AS DISCURSIVELY CONSTRUCTED, OF MEANINGS AS NEGOTIATED THROUGH INTERACTION, OF THE CONTEXT-BOUND NATURE OF DISCOURSE, AND OF DISCOURSE AS SOCIAL ACTION. THE BOOK ALSO ADDRESSES HOW PARTICIPANTS' ABILITIES IN A SPECIFIC DISCURSIVE PRACTICE MAY BE LEARNED, TAUGHT, AND ASSESSED.