Requesting on WhatsApp: The Interplay of Interactional Competence and Deontics in English as an Additional Language

Autor/in	Malabarba, Taiane
Titel	Requesting on WhatsApp: The Interplay of Interactional Competence and Deontics in English as an Additional Language
Quelle	In: TESOL in Context, 30 (2022) 2, S.35-62 (28 Seiten) PDF als Volltext (1); PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei (2) Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1030-8385
Schlagwörter	Computer Software; English (Second Language); Second Language Learning; Second Language Instruction; Teacher Student Relationship; Discourse Analysis; Longitudinal Studies; Semiotics; Comparative Analysis; Communicative Competence (Languages); Language Teachers; Portuguese; Native Language; Synchronous Communication; Foreign Countries; Adult Students; Brazil + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Teacher student relationships; Lehrer-Schüler-Beziehung; Diskursanalyse; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Semiotik; Communicative competence; Languages; Kommunikative Kompetenz; Sprache; Language teacher; Sprachunterricht; Portugiesischunterricht; Ausland; Adult; Adults; Student; Students; Erwachsenenalter; Studentin; Schüler; Schülerin; Brasilien
Abstract	This exploratory study focuses on changes in the accomplishment of requests by an adult English as an additional language speaker/ learner interacting on WhatsApp for nine months. The analysis follows a microanalytic approach to digital interaction informed by recent developments within longitudinal conversation analysis. It unpacks the array of semiotic and interactional resources that the focal learner employs to make class-related requests to the teacher. Longitudinal comparison of four request sequences over time suggests that the differences in how the requesting posts are designed and responded to index both increased interactional competence to accomplish requests in English on WhatsApp as well as evolving socio-interactional ties between the learner and the teacher. Despite the popularity of text chats, only a handful of studies have investigated how the practices employed by additional language learners to engage in text chat interaction change over time and this work has not focused on naturally occurring interactions. The present study thereby contributes new understandings to text chat interaction with additional language speakers and to longitudinal research on interactional competence development in online settings. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Australian Council of TESOL Associations. P.O. Box 2019, Smithfield, New South Wales 2164, Australia. e-mail: actaexec@yahoo.com.au; Web site: http://www.tesol.org.au/Publications/TESOL-in-Context
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01