There is ample research on ‘disagreement’ in conversation analysis (CA) in diverse contexts and cultures. However, the literature on sources of disagreement is scarce. Moreover, little is known abo...

This exploratory study examines how content and language teachers conceptualise the cognitive discourse function (CDF) define, and presents the scaffolding strategies they propose to overcome poten...

This study investigates how a group of three fifth-grade students – one autistic and two non-autistic – collaboratively create a fictional story through proposals and joint decisions. The video-rec...

With the growing body of sign language research across linguistic fields, there remains a sizeable gap in the area of cross-modality sign language instruction, particularly in the field of conversa...

This study explores oral interaction in work-related activities within adult second-language (L2) education in Sweden, specifically in the context of Swedish for Immigrants (SFI). Drawing on data f...

Volume 17, Issue 3 of Classroom Discourse

We are happy to announce this semester’s MIND hybrid (data) sessions and TechKnowModes MIND lab activities! In addition to data sessions organised by our colleagues at Mälardalen University, …

Although a growing body of classroom research has demonstrated how teachers use gestures to facilitate students’ comprehension in both language learning contexts and other subject domains, few stud...

Using multimodal conversation analysis, the present study investigates what interactional accomplishments result from ‘dynamic camera manipulations’ that participants employ in video-mediated educa...

Originally proposed for inclusive education, coteaching has gradually broadened to other areas, including Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL). Prior research indicates that CLIL content...

Drawing on approximately 13 hours of video-recorded interactions among second language (L2) Chinese speakers participating in conversation tables in China, this study investigates how participants ...

Language education institutions world-wide regularly use Oral Placement Tests (OPTs) to diagnose test-takers’ second language (L2) accuracy and fluency to place them in the most appropriate class. ...

We learn languages in and through interaction. Given the central role of interaction in learning (and teaching), analysis of interaction has become an object of scientific inquiry since the earliest ....

On the 20th of February, 2026 (13:15: 15:00, CET), our very own Marwa Amri will have her final seminar (slutseminarium) in her PhD studies in Educational Sciences at Mälardalen University. Marwa ha…

Research on grammar pedagogy has shed much light on the effectiveness of different types of instruction (e.g. explicit vs. implicit, focus on form vs. focus on forms, etc.), but how grammar is expl...

With the growing body of sign language research across linguistic fields, there remains a sizeable gap in the area of cross-modality sign language instruction, particularly in the field of conversa...

Published in Language and Education (Ahead of Print, 2025)

Previous conversation analytic (CA) studies have explored how affiliation is created in L2 classrooms. This study adds to the research by documenting the opportunities for creating affiliative mome...

Topic management is under-explored in language learning, teaching and testing settings. It may pose particular challenges in online intercultural exchanges (OIE) or virtual exchange (VE) because of...

The aim of this study was to compare different collaborative (spontaneous and structured) story writing practices in a sample of 50 sixth graders students (11–12 years old). For the spontaneous syn...

This mixed-methods study explores Embodied Resources (ERs) in an online, triadic task involving 52 candidates within the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR) B2˗C1 range of l...

This study investigates how teachers use designedly incomplete utterances (DIUs) and other multimodal resources to pursue student responses to their questions to accomplish particular pedagogical t...

Published in Classroom Discourse (Ahead of Print, 2025)

MIND Data sessions: Autumn 2025 MIND Data sessions: Spring 2025 13 February, 13:15-14:45 Tuğba Özdemir (Hacettepe University) “Learning two senses ‘cold-blooded’” U3-104 (Västerås) also Teams …

Telecollaboration in pre-service teacher education promotes intercultural communicative competence and bridges knowledge and practice. Although a growing body of studies has addressed the affordances...

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MIND Data sessions: Autumn 2025 MIND Data sessions: Spring 2025 13 February, 13:15-14:45 Tuğba Özdemir (Hacettepe University) “Learning two senses ‘cold-blooded’” U3-104 (Västerås) also Teams …

This volume brings together studies that document practice-based changes in which conversation analysis plays a role.

Sensei Naoko puts a digital countdown timer on the board. Sets it to 40 seconds. All pupils stand up: it is time to practice, in pairs, the months in English. One of the students says 2月, the other…

A defining feature of project-based English-as-a-foreign-language (EFL) classrooms is teachers’ routine circulation between desks to answer students’ …

Analyzing educational interactions: exploring the methodological breadth. Volume 16, Issue 2 of Classroom Discourse

Abstract. This article addresses the need to better understand interactional asymmetries, challenges, and solutions in implementing synchronous hybrid lang

AI-powered question detection tools like Question Bot (QBot) show promising potential for enhancing teacher reflection and professional development, with student-teachers reporting it helps them notic...

In this paper, I investigate a group of student-teachers’ insights into an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered automatic question-detection tool designed for reflective practice: Question Bot (QBo...

In task-based language teaching methodology, one way to familiarise learners with the upcoming task is through question-and-answer sequences that target task-relevant topics. In such instances, lea...

Asking questions is essential for learning and socialisation. However, students with intellectual disability who have severe speech and language disorder (i.e. aided-speaking students) seldom get t...

We are living in the times when at least half of the LinkedIn users1, AI-influencers, or people you barely know are telling you to get out of your comfort zone, before you have had enough time to s…