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Todhunter, Susan – Foreign Language Annals, 2007
This case study investigated spontaneous interpersonal communication in a high school Spanish classroom, using instructional conversation as a framework for analysis. Instructional conversations are collaborative, extended verbal exchanges in which students develop a coherent topic, supported by the teacher's contingent questions and feedback. The…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Speech Communication, Interpersonal Communication, Classroom Communication
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Stewart, Julia Aguilar; Santiago, Karen A. – Foreign Language Annals, 2006
This article discusses the use of Esmeralda Santiago's autobiography "When I Was Puerto Rican" (1994b) as the foundation for an experiential learning project that brought two language communities: suburban college students studying intermediate Spanish and urban Puerto Rican students in an English-as-a-second-language (ESL) class. The…
Descriptors: College Students, Spanish, Urban Areas, Second Language Learning