The interactional view of language

Introduction

The interactional view of language sees language primarily as the means for establishing and maintaining interpersonal relationships and for performing social transactions between individuals.

Areas of research drawn on

Here are some of the areas of research in this view of language:

interactional analysis
conversational analysis
ethnomethodology

Target of language learning

The target of language learning in the interactional view is learning to initiate and maintain conversations with other people.

Approaches and methods based on this view

Some of the language learning approaches and methods based on this view of language are:

Strategic interaction
communicative approaches

Source

Adapted from Richards and Rodgers 1986