Conversation Analytic Perspectives on English Language Learning, Teaching and Testing in Global Contexts

Hanh thi Nguyen is Professor of Applied Linguistics in the Department of English and Applied Linguistics at Hawaiʻi Pacific University. Her research interests include the development of interactional competence in a second or professional language, social interaction in language learning situations and learners’ transforming identities.

Taiane Malabarba is adjunct professor of Applied Linguistics in the Department of English and American Studies at University of Potsdam, Germany. Her research interests center on applying ethnomethodological conversation analysis and interactional linguistics to studies on L2 pedagogy, classroom interaction, and teacher education. Her work has appeared in Classroom Discourse and Calidoscópio and she recently co-edited a book on EFL learning, teaching, and testing.