SPECIAL ISSUE

APPLIED PRAGMATICS
(John Benjamins)
Vol. 5, No. 2, 2023

Describing and Assessing Interactional  Competence  in a Second  Language

Hello Everyone

We are pleased to present the first special issue of Applied Pragmatics on Interactional Competence.

Editors

Zia Tajeddin (Tarbiat Modares University)

Naoko Taguchi (Northern Arizona University)

Associate Editors

Minoo Alemi (IAU, West Tehran Branch)

Anne Barron (Leuphana University of Lüneburg)

Zohreh R. Eslami (Texas A&M University)

The issue link is as follows:
https://benjamins.com/catalog/ap.5.2

Special Issue Editors
Emma Betz
Taiane Malabarba
Dagmar Barth-Weingarten

Introduction
Taiane Malabarba & Emma Betz

Articles

The Competence  in Little Words: Response Patterns  in German L2 Interaction
Sam Schirm, Budimka Uskokovic & Carmen Taleghani-Nikazm

Commentary
Naoki Ikeda

Grammar as Validity Evidence for Assessing Interactional Competence: The Case of Requests in Role-Play Interaction
Soo Jung Youn

Commentary
Tim Greer

Assessing Interactional Competence: Exploring Ratability Challenges
Daniel M. K. Lam, Evelina Galaczi, Fumiyo Nakatsuhara & Lyn May

Commentary
Joan Kelly Hall

Assessing Interactional Competence in Secondary Schools: Action Accomplishment in English  as a Foreign Language
Dagmar Barth-Weingarten & Britta Freitag-Hild

Commentary
Anna Filipi

Discussions

L2 Interactional Competence and Assessment: Insights and Challenges
Simona Pekarek Doehler

Testing and CA: The Test Makers' Perspectives
Carsten Roever