A Functional Approach to Research on Content-Based Language Learning: Recasts in Casual Explanations

Analyzes the grammatical scaffolding by teacher and second language learner of causal explanations that form part of work by a group of second language students in a project on the human brain. Shows how a systemic functional linguistics analysis reveals different aspects of recast data sequences th...

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Published in:The Modern language journal (Boulder, Colo.) Colo.), 2003, Vol.87 (3), p.421
Main Authors: Mohan, Bernard, Beckett, Gulbahar H
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Brain
Grammar
Language Research
Research Methodology
Second Language Instruction
Second Language Learning
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Summary:Analyzes the grammatical scaffolding by teacher and second language learner of causal explanations that form part of work by a group of second language students in a project on the human brain. Shows how a systemic functional linguistics analysis reveals different aspects of recast data sequences than does a focus on form approach. (Author/VWL)
ISSN:0026-7902