Student Interaction: Implications for Further Research

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Student Interaction in Pair Activities in Beginning ESOL Classes
Kathryn Harris, Researcher
NCSALL Adult ESOL Lab School and Department of Applied Linguistics, Portland State University

Implications for Further Research

• How does the use of L1 affect language learning?
• Learning styles-is it not useful with some styles?
• Data that shows improvement on test scores (program accountability)
• Research should be disseminated to teachers and teacher trainers
• Need further research in paired learning
• How does “age” affect success of paired activities?
• What role does learning style play in paired activity?
• What conditions make paired activities successful?
• How much error correction should or should not occur?