Hunting the position: On the necessity of dissonance as attunement for dialogism in classroom discussion

The Effect of Student-Led Small-Group Discussion as a Pre-writing Task on the Development of EFL Students’ Writing

“…Proponents of Vygotsky maintain that ideas can be shared and evaluated among students working in small groups and this may result in the development of their critical thinking skills (Gyogi, 2020;Jodairi Pineh, 2017;Lynch & Pappas, 2017;Sharan & Shaulov, 1989;Webb & Cullian, 1983;Wells, Chang, & Maher, 1990). Classroom discussion is considered valuable in that it provides an opportunity for learners to contribute to instructional scaffolding (Boelé, 2018). Christensen, Garvin, and Sweet (1991) claimed that students bring a variety of educational, professional, and daily experiences to classroom interactions and that, consequently, discussion as reciprocal communication can promote interlocutors' knowledge.…”