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Chapter 2. Discourse management strategies revisited

Building on Tyler’s early insights regarding international teaching assistant comprehensibility
  • Gordon Tapper , Grazyna Drzazga , Maria Mendoza and Jennifer C. Grill
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Language Learning, Discourse and Cognition
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Abstract

This chapter revisits Tyler’s early research on ITA comprehensibility while also considering recent work on instructional discourse. The purpose of the study is to explore Tyler’s early conclusions regarding the sources of listeners’ perception of incoherence in ITA classroom discourse. Following Tyler’s methodology, the data collected consists of videotapes of the same lab session taught by four different TAs, two native speakers and two non-native speakers. The transcripts of the lab sessions are analyzed in terms of the use of discourse management strategies to determine the differences between native speaker and non-native speaker TAs. Finally, we discuss how those differences may affect ITA comprehensibility as well as implications for ITA training.

Abstract

This chapter revisits Tyler’s early research on ITA comprehensibility while also considering recent work on instructional discourse. The purpose of the study is to explore Tyler’s early conclusions regarding the sources of listeners’ perception of incoherence in ITA classroom discourse. Following Tyler’s methodology, the data collected consists of videotapes of the same lab session taught by four different TAs, two native speakers and two non-native speakers. The transcripts of the lab sessions are analyzed in terms of the use of discourse management strategies to determine the differences between native speaker and non-native speaker TAs. Finally, we discuss how those differences may affect ITA comprehensibility as well as implications for ITA training.

Chapters in this book

  1. Prelim pages i
  2. Table of contents v
  3. List of contributors vii
  4. Acknowledgements ix
  5. Introduction. Discourse and cognitive perspectives on language learning 1
  6. Part I. Discourse perspectives
  7. Chapter 1. Culture, gender, ethnicity, identity in discourse 11
  8. Chapter 2. Discourse management strategies revisited 37
  9. Chapter 3. Senior confessions 63
  10. Part II. Cognitive perspectives
  11. Chapter 4. The speech went on (and on) as Kerry dozed off (*and off) 85
  12. Chapter 5. The role of embodiment in the semantic analysis of phrasal verbs 111
  13. Chapter 6. Synesthetic metaphors of sound 131
  14. Chapter 7. Conceptual vs. inter-lexical polysemy 159
  15. Part III. Applications to L2 teaching and learning
  16. Chapter 8. Formulaicity and context in second language pragmatics 193
  17. Chapter 9. What is happened? Your amazon.com order has shipped 213
  18. Chapter 10. Effects of L2 exposure on the use of discourse devices in L2 storytelling 249
  19. Chapter 11. The use of hedging devices in L2 legal writing 275
  20. Afterword. The theoretical and applied foundations of Andrea Tyler’s approach to the study of language 301
  21. Name index 311
  22. Subject Index 315
https://doi.org/10.1075/hcp.64.03tap

Chapters in this book

  1. Prelim pages i
  2. Table of contents v
  3. List of contributors vii
  4. Acknowledgements ix
  5. Introduction. Discourse and cognitive perspectives on language learning 1
  6. Part I. Discourse perspectives
  7. Chapter 1. Culture, gender, ethnicity, identity in discourse 11
  8. Chapter 2. Discourse management strategies revisited 37
  9. Chapter 3. Senior confessions 63
  10. Part II. Cognitive perspectives
  11. Chapter 4. The speech went on (and on) as Kerry dozed off (*and off) 85
  12. Chapter 5. The role of embodiment in the semantic analysis of phrasal verbs 111
  13. Chapter 6. Synesthetic metaphors of sound 131
  14. Chapter 7. Conceptual vs. inter-lexical polysemy 159
  15. Part III. Applications to L2 teaching and learning
  16. Chapter 8. Formulaicity and context in second language pragmatics 193
  17. Chapter 9. What is happened? Your amazon.com order has shipped 213
  18. Chapter 10. Effects of L2 exposure on the use of discourse devices in L2 storytelling 249
  19. Chapter 11. The use of hedging devices in L2 legal writing 275
  20. Afterword. The theoretical and applied foundations of Andrea Tyler’s approach to the study of language 301
  21. Name index 311
  22. Subject Index 315
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