Recruiting help in word searches in L2 peer interaction : A
multimodal conversation-analytic study

J 2022

Recruiting help in word searches in L2 peer interaction : A multimodal conversation-analytic study

TŮMA, František and Tamah SHERMAN

Basic information

Original name

Recruiting help in word searches in L2 peer interaction : A multimodal conversation-analytic study

Authors

TŮMA, František (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution) and Tamah SHERMAN (840 United States of America, belonging to the institution)

Edition

Linguistics and Education, Elsevier, 2022, 0898-5898

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Článek v odborném periodiku

Field of Study

60203 Linguistics

Country of publisher

Netherlands

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

References:

DOI

Impact factor

Impact factor: 1.600

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14210/22:00129016

Organization unit

Faculty of Arts

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.linged.2021.100999

UT WoS

000778169800006

Keywords in English

Word searches; Recruiting help; Accountability; Classroom interaction; English as a foreign language; Multimodal conversation analysis

Abstract

V originále

This study investigates how students recruit their peers’ assistance in collaborative word searches during speaking tasks in English as a foreign language (EFL) classes. Multimodal Conversation Analysis was used on a dataset of recordings from 18 upper-secondary classes to scrutinize how accountability and sanctionability of (not) responding are treated by the participants when a peer's help was not initially available. The analysis showed that there are several resources employed to adjust the participation framework in favor of co-operation when a peer is engaged in another activity, namely gaze, gesture, metapragmatic search markers, address terms and turning the word search into an explicitly formulated request. The co-participant may continue pursuing an institutionally relevant task (e.g., note-taking) or account for the lack of response by claiming hearing problems. These findings shed light on the multiple ways in which assistance in peer interaction can be recruited in classroom settings.

Links

GA18-02363S, research and development project

Name: Interakce ve frontální výuce a skupinové práci v hodinách angličtiny na střední škole

Investor: Czech Science Foundation

Citovat

TŮMA, František and Tamah SHERMAN. Recruiting help in word searches in L2 peer interaction : A multimodal conversation-analytic study. Linguistics and Education. Elsevier, 2022, vol. 67, No 1, p. 1-15. ISSN 0898-5898. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.linged.2021.100999.

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TŮMA, František and Tamah SHERMAN. Recruiting help in word searches in L2 peer interaction : A multimodal conversation-analytic study. \textit{Linguistics and Education}. Elsevier, 2022, vol.~67, No~1, p.~1-15. ISSN~0898-5898. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.linged.2021.100999.

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