Tran2018
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| BibType | INCOLLECTION |
| Key | Tran2018 |
| Author(s) | Huong Quynh Tran |
| Title | Language alternation during L2 classroom discussion tasks |
| Editor(s) | Anna Filipi, Numa Markee |
| Tag(s) | EMCA, Vietnamese, EFL, L2, Transitions, Topic extension, Classroom, Language alternation, Word search |
| Publisher | John Benjamins |
| Year | 2018 |
| Language | English |
| City | Amsterdam |
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| Pages | 165–182 |
| URL | Link |
| DOI | 10.1075/pbns.295.09tra |
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| Book title | Conversation Analysis and Language Alternation: Capturing Transitions in the Classroom |
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Abstract
Group-work discussion, as a speaking task without the teacher’s tight control of turn-taking, establishes a flexible speaking environment for language learners. However, our understanding of the micro-details of learners’ languages in use when they co-construct meaning to achieve task completion, especially in English as a Foreign Language (EFL) contexts, is still limited. This study investigates the language alternation practices of undergraduate university EFL students in a Vietnamese context as they participate in a group discussion task. The findings show that the students’ switch to Vietnamese is a backup resource to help them in word searches. The language alternation marks the transition between talk on language and talk on topic. This is also reflected in a transition in the sequence structure where the word search is contained in a side-sequence that momentarily disrupts the main or base sequence.
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