Anne-York Herjeczki, Santa Monica College, Biola University; Amanda Dago, Cal State Fullerton, Biola University
10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m., Convention Center 319
Graduate Student Forum: CC
Does it matter if we prepare our students in advance for speaking in small conversation groups or are we wasting classroom time by filling the whiteboard with “useful” vocabulary? Findings based on research concerning the quantity and quality of language interaction in two types of discussion groups will be presented.