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Group Work is NOT Busy Work: Maximizing Success of Group Work in the L2 Classroom
Author(s) -
Davis Robert L.
Publication year - 1997
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.1944-9720.1997.tb02348.x
Subject(s) - group work , task (project management) , work (physics) , mathematics education , action (physics) , group (periodic table) , psychology , action research , computer science , pedagogy , engineering , mechanical engineering , chemistry , physics , systems engineering , organic chemistry , quantum mechanics
Pair and group activities have become a staple in the L2 classroom, but in many cases instructors do not use the techniques appropriately or to maximum effectiveness. This proposal for training pre‐ and insewice teachers in the use of group work is based on the principles of action research: first it outlines some issues in the design and implementation of these activities and then includes suggestions for the postobsewation remodeling of activities within a task‐ and content‐based framework for language instruction.