Publications

Publication details [#55326]

Chiang, Shiao-Yun. 2011. Reformulation: a verbal display of interlanguage awareness in instructional interactions. Language Awareness 20 (2) : 135–149.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

classroom conversation | conversational analysis | interlanguage | reformulating | second language acquisition

Place, Publisher

Routledge

Journal WWW

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

Annotation

Using interlanguage pragmatics and conversational analysis, this study explores the particular ways in which reformulation is employed to attain mutual comprehension in the instructional interaction between foreign-born teachers and US college students.