Eskildsen2026
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| BibType | INCOLLECTION |
| Key | Eskildsen2026 |
| Author(s) | Søren W. Eskildsen |
| Title | CA and second language use beyond the classroom |
| Editor(s) | Matthew Burdelski, Tim Greer |
| Tag(s) | EMCA |
| Publisher | Routledge |
| Year | 2026 |
| Language | English |
| City | London |
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| Pages | 388–403 |
| URL | Link |
| DOI | 10.4324/9781032720852-27 |
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| Book title | The Routledge Handbook of Conversation Analysis |
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Abstract
This chapter explores and describes second language use in settings beyond the classroom, also sometimes referred to as “the wild”. These settings are incredibly varied and include service encounters, professional interaction, au pair families, and everyday mundane interaction between friends, but they also border on institutional, educational interaction, as for example in study abroad contexts, conversations-for-learning, and language cafés. This exploration, therefore, concerns this continuum of wildness—from settings that are totally separated from language education (e.g., workplaces) to those that are more closely related to such education (e.g., conversations-for-learning). The chapter highlights the role played by conversation analytic research in bringing about insights into linguistic and social-interactional practices in second language use outside of the classroom. A key point here is that recent and current research into some of the settings to be discussed has called or is calling for more qualitative research to advance our understanding of local-social practices. Conversation analysis (CA) is a perfect match for this call. The chapter concludes by pointing out some avenues for future CA research into the domains discussed.
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