{"title":"Exploring same- and different grade peer interactions among EFL young learners","authors":"Tomas Kos","doi":"10.1075/jsls.21040.kos","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"\n Grounded in the sociocultural theoretical framework, this study compared peer interaction among same-grade (similar\n proficiency) and different grade (different proficiency) pairs in terms of patterns of interaction established and learning opportunities\n that such interactions afford. The same learners (N = 24) aged between 10 and 12 interacted with the\n same and different grade partners during common classroom lessons in two EFL classrooms. Findings reveal\n that grade matched pairs tended to establish patterns of interaction conducive to learning while different grade pairs tended not to.\n However, the relationship between patterns of interaction and learning opportunities is not clear-cut.","PeriodicalId":1,"journal":{"name":"Accounts of Chemical Research","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":16.4000,"publicationDate":"2022-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Accounts of Chemical Research","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1075/jsls.21040.kos","RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q1","JCRName":"CHEMISTRY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Grounded in the sociocultural theoretical framework, this study compared peer interaction among same-grade (similar
proficiency) and different grade (different proficiency) pairs in terms of patterns of interaction established and learning opportunities
that such interactions afford. The same learners (N = 24) aged between 10 and 12 interacted with the
same and different grade partners during common classroom lessons in two EFL classrooms. Findings reveal
that grade matched pairs tended to establish patterns of interaction conducive to learning while different grade pairs tended not to.
However, the relationship between patterns of interaction and learning opportunities is not clear-cut.
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