Kaanta2017

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Kaanta2017
BibType INCOLLECTION
Key Kaanta2017
Author(s) Leila Kääntä
Title In search of proper pronunciation: students’ practices of soliciting help during read-aloud
Editor(s) Mikko Kuronen, Pekka Lintunen, Tommi Nieminen
Tag(s) EMCA, Pronunciation, Reading aloud, Repair initiation, Conversation analysis
Publisher
Year 2017
Language English
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Month
Journal AFinLA-e. Soveltavan kielitieteen tutkimuksia
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Pages 61–81
URL Link
DOI 10.30660/afinla.73125
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Institution
School
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Edition
Series
Howpublished
Book title Näkökulmia toisen kielen puheeseen - Insights into second language speech
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Abstract

This article examines Finnish L2 learners’ interactional practices of flagging trouble in pronouncing words when reading aloud texts in English. Using conversation analysis, it describes how students employ three repair initiaon techniques – direct requests, trying out, and aborting the reading – as methods through which they mobilize teachers’ help in the form of a model pronunciation of the target word. By describing the sequential and temporal unfolding of read-aloud, the article presents an empirical way of tracing those classroom practices that students employ to develop their pronunciation skills of English in Finland. CA-based methodology that focuses on the interactional details of how classroom activities are organized provides new insights on what happens in classroom interaction in terms of pronuncia on instruction. The findings not only have local relevance to teachers’ pedagogical training in Finland, but also more broadly in showing L2 teachers how classroom activities can be organized to promote practicing of pronunciation skills.

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