Online second language acquisition : conversation analysis of online chat / Vincenza Tudini.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tudini, Vincenza A. C., 1960- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Second language acquisition--Computer-assisted instruction.

Second language acquisition.

Online chat groups.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (263 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Continuum, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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 is new to online Second Language Acquisition. It provides observable, previously undocumented insights into how native speakers and learners pursue the learning of foreign language and culture during online text chat. It looks at dyadic chat between native speakers and learners, with examples drawn from a corpus featuring 133 learners and 584 native speakers of Italian. This unique book contributes to

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations; 1. Introduction: Online Intercultural Talk-in-Interaction; 2. Towards a Definition of Online Intercultural Chat: Insights from SLA; 3. Turn-Taking, Adjacency Pairs and Sequencing; 4. Conversational Repair in Online Intercultural Chat: Initiation and Resolution by Self or Other; 5. Other-Repair in Online Intercultural Chat: When Native Speakers Do Correction; 6. Mitigation and Play in Repair Sequences: Native Speakers and Learners Constructing Intersubjectivity; 7. Insights from Unsuccessful Repair Sequences

8. Implications for SLA Research and Language Teaching9. Integrating Online Chat in Foreign Language Programs: Suggestions and Resources; Appendix 1 Full Extended Chat Session of One Native-Speaker-Learner Dyad Including Papaveri Sequence; Appendix 2 Complete Brief Multiple Chat Sessions of One Learner, Including Sono Andata Sopra Sequence; Appendix 3 Instructions on How to Access Facebook Chat; References; Index; Author Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [239]-244) and indexes.

ISBN:

9786612806469

9781474212304

1474212301

9781282806467

1282806467

9781441179265

1441179267

OCLC:

671601852