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Publication details [#52963]

Aline, David and Yuri Hosoda. 2010. Positions and actions of classroom-specific applause. Pragmatics 20 (2) : 133–148.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

applause | audience response | classroom conversation | foreign language acquisition | speech

Language as a subject

English

Place, Publisher

International Pragmatics Association

Journal DOI

10.1075/prag

Annotation

This study discloses how applause in examined Japanese primary school EFL (English as a Foreign Language) sessions, constituted a typically teacher-initiated action, ordinarily taking place in sequence closing positions as positive evaluation of the students’ achievement of the teacher's expectations.