A book-length exploration of the role of online chat in supporting the teaching and learning of foreign languages is well overdue. Tudini's new book takes a Conversation Analysis approach, which isnew to online Second Language Acquisition. It provides observable, previously undocumented insights into hownative speakersand learners pursue the learning of foreign language and culture during online text chat. It looks at dyadic chat between native speakers and learners, with examplesdrawn froma corpus featuring 133 learners and 584 native speakers of Italian. This unique book contributes to our understanding of how conversation in a foreign language unfolds between native speakers and learners in an online social environment, rather than in the classroom. It will be of interest to researchers in second language acquisition and conversation analysis, as well as language teachers.
Rezensionen / Stimmen
This book pushes research on computer-mediated language learning into new directions. It argues that engaging in web-based chat with native speakers provides opportunities for sustained language learning. Vincenza Tudini uses Conversation Analysis techniques to present a detailed and well-argued analysis which demonstrates where opportunities for learning are to be found in chat and how such interactions contribute to learning. This book is an important contribution both for those interested in the use of technology in language education and for those who wish to use microanalysis of interaction to understand processes of acquisition. -- Tony Liddicoat, Professor in Applied Linguistics, University of South Australia, Australia
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Verlagsort
Zielgruppe
Für höhere Schule und Studium
Maße
Höhe: 240 mm
Breite: 161 mm
Dicke: 19 mm
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ISBN-13
978-0-8264-4240-6 (9780826442406)
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Schweitzer Klassifikation
Dr Vincenza Tudini is at the Research Centre for Languages and Cultures at the University of South Australia, Australia
1. Introduction: online intercultural talk-in-action; 2. Towards a definition of online chat; 3. Conversational repair in online intercultural chat; 4. Mitigation and play in repair sequences: NS & learners constructing intersubjectivity; 5. Insights from unsuccessful repair sequences; 6. Adjacency pairs; 7. Turn-taking and sequencing; 8. Pragmatics in chat; 9. Implications for teaching; 10. Epilogue, including directions for further research; Appendix A: Larger chat sessions or tables referred to in main text; Bibliography; Index.
