Can't for the life of me remember where, but I read a study a few years ago which really helped me understand how social interactions contribute to language lea

Can't for the life of me remember where, but I read a study a few years ago which really helped me understand how social interactions contribute to language learning. Apparently, when children are learning a second language (the study focused on children who spoke one language at home and another at school, or who had recently immigrated), the children who advance the most are not the brightest or most studious, but those who manage to get their entire group of friends/peers/surrounding adults to feel implicated in their learning of the language. The group as a whole works together to help the child learn, group cohesion happens, the child learns better and everyone feels happy for them and proud to have contributed. As an adult, I've definately found that asking one person in a group a question on, for example, the meaning of a word, can lead to a big group discussion where either everyone contributes to explaining it to you (and you get five explanations rather than just one), or everyone realising that they're not entirely sure and looking it up online, discussing it amongst themselves, and then explaining it to you until you have no choice but to have understood. Repeat this process as many times as is socially acceptable. Worked for a while in a friendly lebanese snack bar. Some of the (non Arabic speaking) regulars would often ask my bosses for explanations of the meanings of words, or to explain the lyrics of the song. He would explain, and any Arabic speaking regulars (there were a lot) that happened to be around would inevitably offer their own explanation. Basic Arabic was picked up, falafel eaten, and some friendships happened. Find somewhere you can become a regular of!