Tao2016
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| BibType | INCOLLECTION |
| Key | Tao2016 |
| Author(s) | Liang Tao |
| Title | Metalinguistic awareness and self-repair in Chinese language learning |
| Editor(s) | Hongyin Tao |
| Tag(s) | EMCA, Chinese, Self-repair, Repair, Second language acquisition |
| Publisher | John Benjamins |
| Year | 2016 |
| Language | English |
| City | Amsterdam |
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| Pages | 97–120 |
| URL | Link |
| DOI | 10.1075/scld.7.06tao |
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| Book title | Integrating Chinese Linguistic Research and Language Teaching and Learning |
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Abstract
The importance of metalinguistic knowledge in foreign language learning is exemplified by beginning Chinese learners’ practice of self-initiated self-repairs. It demonstrates how such knowledge helps learners to enhance accurate L2 production. Repair constitutes an important part of the social organization of conversation for the interactional needs of human communication. Self-repair by native speakers illustrates their metalinguistic awareness of communicative needs at the subliminal level; whereas self-repair by beginning Chinese language learners reflects their conscious effort and self-monitoring of their utterances for accurate Chinese production. This study suggests that developing metalinguistic knowledge should help learners to suppress L1 influence, and linguistic research offers a vital role in fostering the development of learners’ metalinguistic knowledge.
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