The effect of the interlocutor variable on oral interaction in EFL Secondary School students
Fecha
2019Autor
Director
Versión
Acceso abierto / Sarbide irekia
Tipo
Trabajo Fin de Máster/Master Amaierako Lana
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Resumen
The aim of the present study is
to explore the effects of the
interlocutor variable in the
interaction of Secondary School
students learning English as
a foreign language (EFL) in
Spain and derive pedagogical implications. Most
of the studies on interaction focus on adults
and more recently also on children, but there is
a scarcity of st ...
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The aim of the present study is
to explore the effects of the
interlocutor variable in the
interaction of Secondary School
students learning English as
a foreign language (EFL) in
Spain and derive pedagogical implications. Most
of the studies on interaction focus on adults
and more recently also on children, but there is
a scarcity of studies on teenagers’ oral
interaction, what makes it a relatively unexplored research
niche. The current study was
carried out with five 14-15-year-old, L1-Spanish students
with a comparable level of
proficiency, who performed three spot-the-difference tasks paired with three different
interlocutors, two expert adult speakers of the
target language (TL), the researcher and their
English teacher, and same-level peers. The results indicate that the interlocutor variable
exerts an influence on the students’ performance and affect
s their negotiation of meaning
(NoM). The students produced more NoM strategies, more L1 use and more language when
they were in dyads in peer interaction. Finding
s shed light on the beneficial role of oral
interaction through information gap-tasks for teenagers. [--]
Materias
Interaction,
Negotiation of meaning,
Interlocutor variable,
Task,
English as a foreign language,
Second language acquisition
Titulación
Máster Universitario en Profesorado de Educación Secundaria por la Universidad Pública de Navarra /
Bigarren Hezkuntzako Irakasletzako Unibertsitate Masterra Nafarroako Unibertsitate Publikoan