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Nimet Çopur; Adam Brandt – Classroom Discourse, 2024
The interactional roles of smile and laughter have been widely explored in both institutional settings and mundane talk (e.g. Holt 2016; Potter and Hepburn 2010). However, the role of one specific kind of smile, what we call a 'squeezed-mouth smile' (SMS), remains unexamined. Using CA, this study explores one teacher's use of SMS in response to…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Nonverbal Communication, Humor
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Çopur, Nimet; Atar, Cihat; Walsh, Steve – Classroom Discourse, 2021
Research on humour in second language classrooms has widely focused on the roles, social functions and markers of humour in interaction; however, little attention has been paid to the sequential mechanisms of humour and the relationship between repair and humour. Therefore, drawing on a conversation analytic approach, this study investigates…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Humor, Interaction, English (Second Language)
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Amar, Cheikhna; Nanbu, Zachary; Greer, Tim – Classroom Discourse, 2022
Based on interaction recorded in EFL classrooms, this study uses Conversation Analysis to document the post-first deployment of an absurd candidate formulation (ACF) to pursue recipient response at points of interactional delay. ACFs are a form of correction-invitation device in which the question initiator proffers a candidate response that is…
Descriptors: Humor, Political Attitudes, Discourse Analysis, Error Correction
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Filipi, Anna; Chuang, Mu-Sen Kevin – Classroom Discourse, 2023
This study explored the language practices of a small group of international Chinese students in an anglophone Higher Education context where English was the medium of instruction. The context was the first year of an early childhood education course at an Australian university. Building on findings from research in conversation analysis on…
Descriptors: Language Usage, Native Language, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language)
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Hazel, Spencer; Mortensen, Kristian – Classroom Discourse, 2017
This article explores the moral accountability of second language classroom participation, evidenced in sequential environments where participants display an orientation to some or other transgression in the engagement framework. Classroom participation is a sensitive issue which touches on what Garfinkel (1964, 225) has referred to as the…
Descriptors: Moral Values, Classroom Communication, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Liang, Mei-Ya – Classroom Discourse, 2015
Although research has investigated laughter in professional communication settings, fewer studies have explored laughter-talk in second language (L2) classrooms. This study examines L2 university students' use of laughter-talk in peer group conversation to understand the linguistics of affect and its interactional effects. The author draws upon…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Classroom Communication, Interpersonal Communication, Peer Relationship