Peer interaction offers multiple benefits to learners and holds great implications for language learning. Peer interaction creates a communication- friendly environment where novice foreign language learners feel more...Peer interaction offers multiple benefits to learners and holds great implications for language learning. Peer interaction creates a communication- friendly environment where novice foreign language learners feel more comfortable to use the target language, reinforcing what they have learned and pushing them to rack their brains and reach beyond the zone of proximal development for more. Recently, an increasing number of second language learning studies has begun to investigate peer-peer interaction, focusing more on the social nature of learning. These studies draw upon the framework of Sociocultural Theory, which regards cognition and knowledge as constructed through social interaction.展开更多
文摘Peer interaction offers multiple benefits to learners and holds great implications for language learning. Peer interaction creates a communication- friendly environment where novice foreign language learners feel more comfortable to use the target language, reinforcing what they have learned and pushing them to rack their brains and reach beyond the zone of proximal development for more. Recently, an increasing number of second language learning studies has begun to investigate peer-peer interaction, focusing more on the social nature of learning. These studies draw upon the framework of Sociocultural Theory, which regards cognition and knowledge as constructed through social interaction.
