Waring2009

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Waring2009
BibType ARTICLE
Key Waring2009
Author(s) Hansun Zhang Waring
Title Moving out of IRF (Initiation-Response-Feedback): a single case analysis
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Tag(s) EMCA, classroom discourse, conversation analysis, IRF, learner initiation, single case analysis, participation structure, homework review
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Year 2009
Language English
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Journal Language Learning
Volume 59
Number 4
Pages 796–824
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DOI 10.1111/j.1467-9922.2009.00526.x
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Abstract

A common practice in classroom discourse is the IRF sequence (teacher initiation–student response–teacher feedback; Sinclair & Coulthard, 1975; cf. IRE in Mehan, 1979). Based on a single case analysis from an adult English as a second language (ESL) class, this article demonstrates how one ESL student manages, in close coordination with the teacher, to move out of a series of uninterrupted IRFs during a homework review activity, establishing instead a renewed participation structure that allows for student‐initiated negotiations, which her coparticipants then jointly orient to and successfully accomplish. The analysis suggests that creating negotiation‐rich opportunities is paramount not just during pair and group activities, but more critically, during teacher–whole class interactions.

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