The Analysis of the Features of Interaction in Instructed SLA
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https://doi.org/10.17507/tpls.1104.15Keywords:
interactional pattern, negotiation of meaning, conversation analysisAbstract
This study investigates the interaction in university instructed setting in China. It reveals the interactional patterns, the strategies used in the negotiation of meaning and language forms being negotiated in classroom. The results show that the most frequently used interactional pattern and strategy of negotiation of meaning is IRF and comprehension check. But data shows that more complicated interactional patterns such as IRF(I)RF, IR [I1 R1 (I2 R2)] F and IR1F1 / R2F2 are being used. They are beneficial in promoting students’ language production. And we also found that there is focus on form in the negotiation of meaning, which can help to raise learner’s awareness of language forms in meaningful communication.
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