This volume features the latest research findings on L2 interactional competence to demonstrate the potential for developing and implementing research-based pedagogy that targets interactional competence in early instruction in a variety of L2 learning and teaching contexts.

M. Rafael Salaberry is Mary Gibbs Jones Professor of Humanities and Director of the Center for Languages and Intercultural Communication at Rice University, USA.

Silvia Kunitz is University Lecturer in the Department of English at Stockholm University, Sweden.

Introduction

Rafael Salaberry And Silvia Kunitz

Section I: Theoretical and Methodological Approaches

Chapter 1 - On the Nature and the Development Of L2 Interactional Competence: State of the Art and Implications for Praxis

Simona Pekarek Doehler

Chapter 2 - Some Theoretical Reflections on the Construct of Interactional Competence

Numa Markee

Chapter 3 - The Construction of Interactional Incompetence in L2 Interaction

Eric Hauser

Section II: Research-Based Insights for Teaching

Chapter 4 - Ohja. Ja. Ja. ('Ohyes. Yes. Yes.'): Providing the Appropriate Next Relevant Action in L2 Interaction

Carmen Taleghani-Nikazm

Chapter 5 - The Interplay Between Collaborative Turn Sequences and Active Listenership: Implications for the Development of L2 Interactional Competence

Olcay Sert

hatntialstep forward and l research-based implementations...sense that first we talk about insights for teaching and, immediate Chapter 6 - Developing and Teaching Interactional Competence in Japanese Style Shifting

Naoko Taguchi And Dina Yoshimihatntialstep forward and l research-based implementations...sense that first we talk about insights for teaching and, immediate

Section III: Research-Informed Pedagogy

Chapter 7 - Interactional Competence and Study Abroad: Empirical Methods, Findings, and Pedagogical Implications

Kate White

Chapter 8 - Developing Interactional Competence with Limited Linguistic Resources

Hansun Zhang Waring

Chapter 9 - Instructed L2 Interactional Competence in the First Year

Silvia Kunitz and Meng Yeh

Chapter 10 - Making Sense of Interactional Trouble Through Mobile-Supported Sharing Activities

Niina Lilja and Arja Piirainen Marsh

Section IV: Testing

Chapter 11 - What Counts as Evidence For Interactional Competence? Developing Criteria for a Germa Classroom-Based Paired Speaking Project

Thorsten Huth and Emma Betz

Chapter 12 - Testing Interactional Competence in Second Language Classrooms: Goals, Formats and Caveats

Katharina Kley

Chapter 13 - Doing Versus Assessing Interactional Competence

Erica Sandlund and Pia Sundqvist

Conclusion

Hanh Thi Nguyen