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Ross, Steven; Berwick, Richard – IRAL, 1991
Compares the quantity of characteristics of negotiation by second-language learners in interlanguage talk in two approaches that encourage information exchange. One approach is guided by explicit cues and is introduced by dialogs that demonstrate language functions as they occur in discourse settings, and the other is based on information exchange…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Communication (Thought Transfer), Comparative Analysis, Cues
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Johnston, Bill; Kasper, Gabriele; Ross, Steven – Applied Linguistics, 1998
A study in interlanguage pragmatics investigated the effect of three types of rejoinder (positive, negative, absent) on non-native informants' choices of strategies to perform complaints, requests, and apologies. Results show strategy choice differentially affected by rejoinder type, suggesting that findings from studies using different production…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Data Collection, Interlanguage, Language Patterns