Wang2023

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Wang2023
BibType ARTICLE
Key Wang2023
Author(s) Xiaoyun Wang, Xiaoting Li
Title Teachers’ Eyebrow and Head Movements and Repeats as Other-Initiations of Repair in Second-Language Classrooms
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Tag(s) EMCA, Other-initiation of repair, Eyebrow movement, Head movement, Chinese as a Second Language classroom interaction
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Year 2024
Language English
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Journal Social Interaction: Video-Based Studies of Human Sociality
Volume 6
Number 3
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DOI 10.7146/si.v6i3.142895
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School
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Abstract

This study investigates how teachers use language and bodily-visual practices, and particularly facial gestures, to initiate repair of problems in students’ utterances in Chinese as a Second Language classroom interactions. We identify two multimodal practices used by teachers for other-initiation of repair. First, teachers use a “visual repair initiator” of eyebrow raises and head tilts to address apparent language errors in students’ utterances without specifying the trouble-source. Second, teachers use full or partial repeats with marked prosody and eyebrow raises to display problems with accepting a student’s response. We argue that the two practices are deployed to deal with different types of problems in students’ utterances.

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