Development of L2 Interactional Competence / / Klara Skogmyr Marian.

• Superior document: Routledge Advances in Second Language Studies
• VerfasserIn: Marian, Klara Skogmyr,
• Place / Publishing House: [Place of publication not identified] : : Taylor & Francis,, 2023.; ©2023
• Year of Publication: 2023
• Language: English
• Series: Routledge Advances in Second Language Studies.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (271 pages).

This book presents unique insights into the development of L2 interactional competence through the lens of complaining, demonstrating how a closer study of complaining as a social activity can enhance our understanding of certain aspects of language learning with implications for future L2 research....

Table of Contents

• Contents
• Foreword
• Acknowledgments
• 1. Introduction
• 1.1 A praxeological research perspective
• 1.2 Aim and research questions
• 1.3 Outline of the book
• References
• 2. L2 interactional competence and its development
• 2.1 Epistemological roots and current understanding of L2 IC
• 2.2 Empirical findings about the development of L2 IC
• 2.2.1 Developing practices for action
• 2.2.2 Developing linguistic resources for interaction
• 2.2.3 Developing interactional routines and shared interactional histories
• 2.3 Cumulative evidence about the development of L2 IC and research gaps
• References
• 3. Complaining in (L1) interaction3.1 Core features of complaints
• 3.2 Structural organization of complaints
• 3.2.1 Complaint initiations
• 3.2.2 Complaint development
• 3.2.3 Recipient responses to complaints
• 3.2.4 Complaint closings3.3 Interactional resources for complaining
• 3.3.1 Verbal and linguistic resources
• 3.3.2 Prosodic and other non-linguistic resources
• 3.4 Complaining in L2 interaction
• 3.5 Cumulative evidence about complaining and research gapsReferences4. Investigating change longitudinally: Methodological concerns and data
• 4.1 EMCA and CA-SLA
• 4.2 Longitudinal CA: Research design and challenges
• 4.3 This study: Empirical material
• 4.3.1. Setting and participants
• 4.3.2 Recordings, supplementary material
• 4.3.3 Transcription and anonymization
• 4.3.4 Determining the analytical focus and establishing collections
• 4.3.5 Focal participants
• 4.3.6 Overview of collections
• 4.3.7 Comparability
• References
• 5. The structural organization of L2 complaints
• 5.1 Interactional building blocks of indirect complaints
• 5.2 Moving into complaints
• 5.2.1 Elementary level
• 5.2.2 Upper-intermediate/advanced level
• 5.3 Co-constructing complaints
• 5.3.1 Elementary level
• 5.3.2 Upper-intermediate/advanced level
• 5.4 DiscussionReferences
• 6. Interactional resources for complaining in the L2
• 6.1 Negative assessments
• 6.1.1 Elementary level
• 6.1.2 Upper-intermediate/advanced level
• 6.1.3 Negative assessments: Quantitative comparison
• 6.2 Direct-reported speech and reenactments
• 6.2.1 Elementary level
• 6.2.2 Upper-intermediate/advanced level
• 6.2.3 Direct-reported speech and reenactments: Quantitative comparison
• 6.3 DiscussionReferences
• 7. The interactional history of a complainable
• 7.1 Case study 1: Suresh
• 7.1.1 Proffering a complaint about the heat
• 7.1.2 Proffering a complaint about the cold
• 7.1.3 Suresh: Summary and intermediate discussion
• 7.2 Case study 2: Malia
• 7.2.1 Fall semester of 2016 (months 1-3)
• 7.2.2 Spring semester of 2017 (months 4-9) - same coparticipants
• 7.2.3 Fall semester of 2017 (months 11-15) - new coparticipants
• 7.2.4 Malia: Summary and intermediate discussion
• 7.3 Discussion
• References
• 8. Discussion of results and perspectives
• 8.1 Understanding L2 interactional competence and its development
• 8.1.1 Stability in the basic composition of conversational activities
• 8.1.2. Turn-taking management: Increased synchronization and co-construction
• 8.1.3 Sequence and preference organization: Diversification of methods
• 8.1.4 Linguistic resources for action: Diversification and routinization
• 8.1.5 Language and the body for action: Change in multimodal practices
• 8.1.6 Socialization processes in L2 learning: Shared experiences as interactional resource
• 8.1.7 Increased 'success' in the accomplishment of social activities
• 8.1.8 Summary of implications for understanding the development of L2 IC
• 8.2 Understanding complaining in interaction
• 8.3 Perspectives
• References
• Appendix: Transcription conventions
• Index.