ERIC Number: EJ1394418
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2023
Pages: 20
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ISSN: ISSN-0026-7902
EISSN: EISSN-1540-4781
Tracking Learnables and Teachables in L2 Arabic Dyadic Conversations-for-Learning
Modern Language Journal, v107 n3 p782-801 Aut 2023
This article adopts learning-behavior tracking as a research methodology within conversation analysis for second language acquisition to investigate its applicability to track and document how learning opportunities through collaborative repair work are brought about and whether they lead to second language (L2) word learning. To this end, the study examines longitudinal video-recorded data from L2 Arabic dyadic conversations-for-learning beyond the classroom over 3 months. Findings highlight empirical and methodological contributions. First, the detailed analyses show that other-initiated repair of a vocabulary item by the first language (L1) conversation partner is found to create opportunities for learning and lead to learning when it is oriented to as worthy of teaching by the L1 speaker and as a learnable by the L2 learner. Second, the study demonstrates the applicability of the learning-behavior tracking model in illuminating learnables and teachables and providing evidence for whether learning has occurred as a result of being oriented to as such by both participants in real-time interaction.
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Arabic, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Vocabulary Development, Error Correction, Models, Cooperative Learning, Longitudinal Studies, Video Technology, Native Speakers, Intercultural Communication
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Language: English
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