Open this publication in new window or tab >>2009 (English)In: Journal of Pragmatics, ISSN 0378-2166, E-ISSN 1879-1387, Vol. 41, no 8, p. 1493-1518Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
In this article, we examine how bilingual preschoolers enact, in the course of ‘free play’, previous experiences from secondlanguage instructional activities. In so doing, the participants transform a set of educational routines for their own purposes withinthe current activity. Hence, apart from merely drawing on multilingual interactional resources, participation in such activities allowschildren to exploit some normative features of educational practice. The interactional organization of these events is explicatedsequentially, examining in some analytic detail the children’s methods for invoking, repairing and acting upon educational routinesand practices within non-instructional activities. The analyses are discussed in terms of children’s understanding and production ofinstitutional order(s) in and through mundane interaction.# 2008 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Keywords
Children's play; Conversation analysis; Ethnomethodology; Instructional settings; Learning; Participation; Social interaction
National Category
Specific Languages Other Social Sciences not elsewhere specified Sociology Pedagogy
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-19054 (URN)10.1016/j.pragma.2007.06.006 (DOI)
2009-06-102009-06-102018-01-13Bibliographically approved