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Kasper, Gabriele – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 1985
Analyzes four types of repair activity in the foreign language classroom. A distinction is made according to whether the trouble source is produced by a teacher or a learner. Findings show that different preferences for repair patterns vary with the type of classroom activity (language-centered or content-centered). (Author/SED)
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, Discourse Analysis, Feedback, Interaction Process Analysis
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Garcia, Carmen – Hispania, 1996
Emphasizes that communicating in a foreign language requires understanding the linguistic strategies of its speakers as expressions of their frame of participation and underlying preferred politeness strategies in order to respond appropriately. The article presents results from sociolinguistic research studying a group of Spanish speakers…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, College Students, Cultural Awareness, Discourse Analysis
House, Arthur S., Ed. – 1967
This document reports on a conference focused on speech problems. The main objective of these discussions was to facilitate a deeper understanding of human communication through interaction of conference participants with colleagues in other disciplines. Topics discussed included speech production, feedback, speech perception, and development of…
Descriptors: Acoustic Phonetics, Articulation (Speech), Behavioral Science Research, Communication (Thought Transfer)
Mayo, Maria del Pilar Garcia; Pica, Teresa – Working Papers in Educational Linguistics, 2000
The question of whether the English-as-a-foreign-language (EFL) classroom is an environment that promotes input, feedback, and the production of output that is necessary for successful second language learning is addressed. Such questions have arisen within the context of a growing emphasis on communicative activities and student-to-student…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Classroom Observation Techniques, Communicative Competence (Languages), Discourse Analysis