Developing Interactional Competence in a Japanese Study Abroad Context
                                
                                
                             
                            
                         
                            
                            
                        This book addresses the topic of interactional competence in the area of learning Japanese as a second language. It presents data collected from learners studying abroad in Japan to explain developments in their interactional competence as found in their use of speech styles and co-construction of an utterance.