Sert2017
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| BibType | ARTICLE |
| Key | Sert2017 |
| Author(s) | Olcay Sert |
| Title | Creating opportunities for L2 learning in a prediction activity |
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| Tag(s) | EMCA, Prediction activities, Conversation Analysis, L2 classroom interaction, Learning opportunities, Learner initiatives, CIC |
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| Year | 2017 |
| Language | English |
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| Journal | System |
| Volume | 70 |
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| Pages | 14–25 |
| URL | Link |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.system.2017.08.008 |
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Abstract
In addressing teacher talk and its role in providing opportunities for learning in L2 classrooms, a growing number of studies have investigated different ways teachers manage learner initiatives and demonstrate L2 Classroom Interactional Competence. However, despite their commonness in L2 classrooms, an investigation into pre-listening/watching activities (e.g. prediction activities) is scarce in terms of how learning opportunities are created. Based on a corpus of fourteen 45-min EFL classes videotaped at a secondary school in Turkey, the current paper explores the ways student engagement is enhanced and learning opportunities are enacted in pre-watching activities in meaning and fluency contexts. Drawing on the analyses of detailed transcriptions of such activities and utilizing the micro-analytic lens of multimodal conversation analysis, it is revealed that the teacher creates opportunities for language learning by successfully managing learner initiatives and emergent knowledge gaps; evidenced through the appropriate use of resources like embedded correction, embodied repair, and embodied explanations. Evidence for potential language learning will be shown by tracking students’ use of a phrase in meaningful communicative events. The findings have implications for research on L2 classroom interaction, teacher talk, and instructed language learning.
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