Publications

Publication details [#48912]

Yoshida, Reiko. 2008. Functions of Repetition in Learners' Private Speech in Japanese Language Classrooms. Language Awareness 17 (4) : 289–306.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

classroom conversation | foreign language acquisition | function | repetition1 | second language acquisition

Language as a subject

Japanese

Place, Publisher

Routledge

Journal WWW

www.multilingual-matters.com/multi/onlinej.asp

Annotation

This study demonstrates that repetition in second or foreign language learners' private speech in Japanese language classrooms doesn't only serve cognitive and metacognitive functions, but also social and affective functions.