Group work in EFL: constructing zones of learning

There seems to be agreement amongst EFL researchers that group work is one of the most important interactional contexts for promoting communication in classroom. However, reasons underlying this accord cannot taken granted and still need closely scrutiny. The present study attempts provide some arguments favor ways which it may implemented as a potentially rich zone learning. For this, discussion has been framed by concept Zone Proximal Development (ZPD) way can generate interaction .within it. Based on includes an analysis from communicative, cognitive, social-affective perspective introduces concepl revoicing key process lo link these three perspectives allows students' utterances become mediating devices their in-group learning process. Other concepts like inter subjectivity, frameworks interaction, power relations are also discussed.