On wednesday, january 27th, Dr Simona Pekarek presented a conference about her recent research on the development of interactional competence in secong language acquisition. Her presentation, based on data from 4 longitudinal studies -each one focused on a different feature of interaction- showed how communicative competence is not simply transferred from L1 to L2, rather it is recalibrated by L2 learners in a process that involves diversifying methods and increasing context-sentitive conducts.
GREIP’s insight
La conferència de la Dra. Pekarek es va realitzar a la Universitat Pompeu Fabra, i va estar organitzada pels grups GREIP i LED (UAB), el Màster en Estudis del Discurs (UPF) i el Màster de Recerca en Educació, doctorat en Didàctica de la Llengua i de la Literatura (UAB).