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Publication details [#14166]

Cook, Haruko Minegishi. 1999. Language socialization in Japanese elementary schools: Attentive listening and reaction turns. Journal of Pragmatics 31 (11) : 1443–1465.
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English
Language as a subject
Place, Publisher
Elsevier
ISBN
0378-2166

Annotation

Having observed that a vital component of Japanese communicative competence is the ability of attentive listening, this study examines teacher-student discourse to see how Japanese children acquire this skill in relation to the process of language socialization. Focusing on the classroom activity of HAPPYOO ('presentation'), it is shown that this type of peer group interaction functions as a major socialization resource for Japanese students in view of acquiring the attentive listening skill.