If we would ask the children. The potential of productive interaction for second language acquisition from the early beginning KU Leuven
In Flemish schools, a high proportion of children with an ethnic minority background underachieves. It is commonly accepted that underachievement is closely related to limited academic language proficiency. The nature of early second language learning is perceived as an implicit and automatic process driven by affiliation with significant others. Powerful modes of teacher-child interaction, like productive classroom talk, are therefore ...