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Hye-won Lee; Andrew Mullooly; Amy Devine; Evelina Galaczi – Applied Linguistics, 2024
In the assessment of second language oral communication, the video-call speaking test has received increasing attention as a test method with higher practicality than its in-person counterpart, but still with broad coverage of the test construct. Previous studies into video-call assessment have focussed on the individual (as opposed to paired or…
Descriptors: Oral Language, Language Skills, Speech Communication, Interaction Process Analysis
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Alireza Ahmadi – Language Testing in Asia, 2024
The shift of focus from a cognitive to social view has drawn the attention of second language assessment researchers to delve into interactional competence as an intriguing topic in paired oral tests. To fill the gap on how interactional patterns compare across L1 and L2 interactions this study was specifically set to explore and compare 45 paired…
Descriptors: Language Tests, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language), Native Language
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Toluei, Bahareh; Tahririan, Mohammad Hassan – Language Learning Journal, 2023
Anticipatory completions can be a potential place in which the second speaker expresses disagreement with the first speaker. 'Doing disagreement' is a significant feature of group work interaction, and resolving such disagreements can pose an interactional challenge for students in classroom contexts (Sharma 2012). Examining disagreement episodes…
Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Abe, Makoto – Language Learning & Technology, 2023
How online interactants advance their talk in written interactions has been extensively investigated in different areas, including language learning. Applying a conversation analysis technique, this study examined how second language (L2) learners managed topics in L2 task-based text-chat interactions and the effects of L2 proficiency on their…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Language Proficiency, Discourse Analysis
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Xiao Han – TESL-EJ, 2024
Within the communicative language teaching approach, current instructional materials often lack explicit guidance or fail to provide L2 learners with a wide range of resources in the target language. Conversation analysis (CA), which focuses on authentic talk, has been proposed as a potential resource for language classrooms. This study examines…
Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, Communicative Competence (Languages), English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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Henshaw, Florencia; Hetrovicz, Lauren – Hispania, 2021
Despite the growing number of heritage language (HL) learners in language courses, the interaction between second language (L2) and HL learners has not been fully explored in the research, and thus, it still remains unclear whether mixed (L2-HL) or matched (L2-L2, HL-HL) dyads are more beneficial for language learning. This study investigates…
Descriptors: Heritage Education, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Writing Instruction