'Hi doctor, give me handouts': low-proficiency learners and requests.

Autor/inn/en	Al-Gahtani, Saad; Roever, Carsten
Titel	'Hi doctor, give me handouts': low-proficiency learners and requests.
Quelle	In: ELT journal, 67 (2013) 4, S. 413-424 PDF als Volltext Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Beigaben	Anhang; Anmerkungen 1; Tabellen 2
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; gedruckt; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0013-8290; 0307-8337; 0951-0893; 1477-4526
DOI	10.1093/elt/cct036
Schlagwörter	Empirische Forschung; Rollenspiel; Interaktion; Methodik; Zweitsprache
Abstract	The ability to participate in extended interactions is an important aspect of second language proficiency but has not been much investigated. In this study, the authors focus on how a group of low-proficiency learners managed extended conversations in role plays involving requests. They compared them with intermediate- and advanced-level learners and found that low-proficiency learners are less likely to delay their request and less likely to use explanations or accounts preceding the request. However, the atypical structure of their requests seems to signal to the interlocutor a need to take a more collaborative role in the interaction and suggest possible explanations and accounts for the learner to confirm. This demonstration of the expected sequential organization of requests raises possibilities for classroom instruction, especially if coupled with metapragmatic awareness raising. (Verlag, adapt.).
Erfasst von	Informationszentrum für Fremdsprachenforschung, Marburg
Update	2022/2