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This chapter draws on recorded data gathered from three small classes of low-proficiency learners (each consisting of between three and five participants) and their teachers while undertaking various classroom activities. The notion of the interpretative frame is central to the chapter and is an important concept in understanding play. The frame tells interlocutors what is going on at any given moment. In the language classroom context, the play-as-rehearsal frame is often a part of the official schedule. The featured data shows how learners are able by various means to turn such scenarios into play-as-fun frames which they variously use either to subvert or to reinforce classroom norms.
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I use the name “David” to refer to myself when I feature in the research data.
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Hann, D. (2020). Exploiting Frames for Fun. In: Spontaneous Play in the Language Classroom. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-26304-1_4
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