Waring-etal2013

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Waring-etal2013
BibType ARTICLE
Key Waring-etal2013
Author(s) Hansun Zhang Waring, Sarah Chepkirui Creider, Catherine DiFelice Box
Title Explaining vocabulary in the second language classroom: A conversation analytic account
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Tag(s) EMCA, Conversation Analysis, Classroom discourse, Vocabulary teaching and learning, Explanation, Nonverbal resources
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Year 2013
Language English
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Journal Learning, Culture and Social Interaction
Volume 2
Number 4
Pages 249–264
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DOI 10.1016/j.lcsi.2013.08.001
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Abstract

Research on vocabulary teaching and learning has formulated a rich knowledge base for understanding both what a vocabulary explanation should entail and how it can be conducted. Relatively lacking is a detailed description of how explanation is managed when vocabulary items arise spontaneously in the ongoing classroom interaction. Based on a two-hour videotaped adult ESL (English as a Second Language) class co-taught by two teachers, we offer such a description within a conversation analytic framework. In particular, we show how the teachers explain the vocabulary using either the analytic or the animated approach. While the former engages predominantly verbal and textual resources, the latter activates an ensemble of multimodal means such as gestures, environmentally couple gestures, and scene enactment. Findings of this study contribute to the existing literature with some much needed specifications of the “technology” of vocabulary explanations.

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