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Sway Students in the Foreign Language Classroom
Author(s) -
Faltis Christian Jan
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
foreign language annals
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.258
H-Index - 49
eISSN - 1944-9720
pISSN - 0015-718X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1944-9720.1986.tb02834.x
Subject(s) - class (philosophy) , foreign language , psychology , mathematics education , teaching method , pedagogy , computer science , artificial intelligence
A sway student in the foreign language classroom is a student who is not only capable of displaying linguistic knowledge, but also knows when and how to interact appropriately with the teacher. This study examines how six sway students affected the organization of interaction and language development in a traditional high school Spanish class . *The data indicate that the teacher selectively organized interaction around sway students at key points in the development of a lesson as well as when non‐sway students made errors. The overall effect of sway students was that they allowed the teacher to progress effectively through the lesson, with the result of increased amounts of comprehensible input for the entire class.