Silvia Kunitz
List of John Benjamins publications in which Silvia Kunitz is involved.
Articles
2026 “Are you sure it’s a boomerang?”: A conversation analytic study of the affordances of pictures for task-based interaction TASK 6:1, pp. 123–150 | Article
This study explores how pairs of students use the task input (instructions and laminated pictures) while engaged in an open-ended problem-based oral task in English as a Foreign Language. Framed within the current interest for materials use in the L2 classroom, our work contributes to task-based… read more
2018 Chapter 6. L1/L2 alternation practices in students’ task planning Conversation Analysis and Language Alternation: Capturing transitions in the classroom, Filipi, Anna and Numa Markee (eds.), pp. 107–128 | Chapter
This conversation analytic study explores the language alternation patterns enacted by students of Italian as a Foreign Language as they engage in planning a classroom presentation. The data consist of 13 planning sessions conducted by two groups of students enrolled in a third semester course and… read more