Nguyen2012a
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| BibType | ARTICLE |
| Key | Nguyen2012a |
| Author(s) | Hanh thi Nguyen |
| Title | Social interaction and competence development: Learning the structural organization of a communicative practice |
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| Tag(s) | EMCA, Interactional competence, Second language learning, Structural organization, Conversation Analysis, Office hour meeting, Teacher–student interaction |
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| Year | 2012 |
| Language | English |
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| Journal | Learning, Culture and Social Interaction |
| Volume | 1 |
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| Pages | 127–142 |
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| DOI | doi:10.1016/j.lcsi.2012.05.006 |
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Abstract
Learning to become a “speaker of culture” in a new language involves not only mastering its linguistic codes but also ways of behaving in situations involving that language. A key ability to participate in social interaction is the ability to project and co-construct the structural organization of particular communicative practices.While this knowledge has been considered to be part of speakers' competence as members of a social group, a question remains as to how this competence develops when a novice participates in a new communicative practice. This study explores this question by drawing on the notion of interactional competence and by examining longitudinal data of an ESL (English as a second language) learner's participation in the communicative practice of office hourmeeting. Using conversation analysis, I show how the learner displayed her increased interactional competence as she co-constructed the structural organization of the office hour with the teacher over time.
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