Conversation Analytic Perspectives on English Language Learning, Teaching and Testing in Global Contexts (New Perspectives on Language and Education, 63) (Volume 63)

Conversation Analytic Perspectives on English Language Learning, Teaching and Testing in Global Contexts, part of the New Perspectives on Language and Education series, offers a comprehensive exploration of how conversation analysis (CA) contributes to understanding English language use and pedagogy across diverse educational settings. It brings together international scholars who examine real interactional data to uncover how communication unfolds in classrooms, examinations, and learning environments worldwide.

The volume highlights how conversation analysis provides unique insights into the dynamics of teacher-student interaction, peer collaboration, and assessment practices. Through detailed transcripts and empirical studies, it reveals how meaning, learning opportunities, and feedback emerge naturally through talk-in-interaction rather than through predetermined instruction.

Chapters address a range of contexts—from language classrooms and testing situations to online and intercultural exchanges—illustrating how CA helps educators recognize and respond to learners’ communicative behavior. The findings shed light on how interactional competence develops and how assessment can better reflect authentic language use.

By linking micro-level analysis with global educational practices, the book bridges theory and application, demonstrating how CA informs teacher training, curriculum design, and evaluation. It encourages reflection on how everyday communication structures shape teaching effectiveness and learner engagement.

Conversation Analytic Perspectives on English Language Learning, Teaching and Testing in Global Contexts is an essential resource for applied linguists, language educators, and researchers. It advances the understanding of how talk itself becomes the foundation for learning, assessment, and pedagogical innovation in the global English classroom.