Tuma2023a
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| BibType | ARTICLE |
| Key | Tuma2023a |
| Author(s) | František Tůma, Leila Kääntä, Teppo Jakonen |
| Title | L2 grammar-for-interaction: Functions of “and”-prefaced turns in L2 students’ collaborative talk |
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| Tag(s) | EMCA, Classroom interaction, Conversation analysis, L2 grammar-for-interaction, L2 interactional competence, Multimodality, Turn-initial particles |
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| Year | 2023 |
| Language | English |
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| Journal | The Modern Language Journal |
| Volume | 107 |
| Number | 4 |
| Pages | 991-1010 |
| URL | Link |
| DOI | 10.1111/modl.12885 |
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Abstract
This article examines how second language (L2) interactional competence is manifested in students’ use of “and”-prefaced turns when doing meaning-focused oral tasks in pairs and small groups. Drawing on video recordings from English-as-a-foreign-language upper-secondary classes recorded in Czechia and Finland, 86 sequences involving “and”-prefaced turns were scrutinized using multimodal conversation analysis, focusing on language, gaze, and material resources. The findings suggest that by producing “and”-prefaced turns, students orient to task progression. These turns have two functions: task managerial and contribution to the emerging task answer. By using task-managerial “and”-prefaced turns, the current speaker invites another student to participate, while in “and”-prefaced contributions to the task answer, a participant adds to, generalizes, or modifies the previous task answer. The analysis shows that students mobilized their L2 interactional competence in producing “and”-prefaced turns in close coordination with embodied resources and with respect to the spatio-material surroundings and the nature of the task. These findings contribute to the multimodal reconceptualization of the grammar–body interface and research on turn-initial particles within L2 interactional competence.
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