Developing Interactional Competence in a Japanese Study Abroad Context /

Developing Interactional Competence in a Japanese Study Abroad Context / / Naoko Taguchi.

In the process of second language acquisition, the ability to interact effectively is critical. But what does it mean to be interactively competent? This book addresses this question by presenting research on the development of interactional competence among learners of Japanese as a second language...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Asian Studies Contemporary Collection eBook Package
VerfasserIn:
Taguchi, Naoko,
MitwirkendeR:
Taguchi, Naoko,
Place / Publishing House:Bristol ;, Blue Ridge Summit : : Multilingual Matters, , [2015]
©2015
Year of Publication:2015
Language:English
Series:Second Language Acquisition
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgements
  • 1. Interactional Competence in a Japanese Study Abroad
  • 2. Linguistic and Interactional Resources in Japanese Conversation: Speech Styles and Incomplete Sentence Endings
  • 3. Context of the Study: Study Abroad as a Site for Language Learning
  • 4. Methods
  • 5. Speech Styles
  • 6. Style-Shifting Across Discourse Boundaries
  • 7. Incomplete Sentences in Joint Turn Construction
  • 8. Case Histories of Interactional Development and Study Abroad Experience
  • 9. Conclusion
  • Appendix A: Transcription Conventions
  • Appendix B: Conversation Task
  • Appendix C: Motivation Survey
  • Appendix D: Japanese Contact Survey
  • Appendix E: Proportion of the Utterance-Ending Forms by Individuals: Polite Forms, Plain Forms and Incomplete Endings
  • References
  • Index

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