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Although "Sharing Time" is a popular and widespread activity in English for Young Learners (L2) classrooms around the world, there have so far been no research studies of the interaction that is generated and its relationship to learning processes. The aims of this study were to find out how interaction is organized during "Sharing Time" and what kinds of learning it promotes. Audio recordings of 18 complete sessions of Sharing Time in a second grade class in a private English-medium international school in Abu Dhabi were fully transcribed and qualitative analysis of the transcripts was undertaken together with a simple coding system. The focus of the interaction is found to be on topic, meaning, and fluency, rather than form and accuracy. The teacher has no prior knowledge of the topic of the interaction and works collaboratively with the learner to develop the topic and sometimes upgrades the learners' structure and vocabulary. Sharing Time conforms to a social constructivist learning model.
Author(s): Seedhouse P, Yazigi R
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: TESL-EJ
Year: 2005
Volume: 9
Issue: 3
Print publication date: 01/12/2005
Date deposited: 17/04/2008
ISSN (electronic): 1072-4303
Publisher: TESL-EJ
URL: http://tesl-ej.org/ej35/a1.html
