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Publication details [#65949]

Svennevig, Jan, Jennifer Gerwing, Meredith Allison and Bård Uri Jensen. 2019. Pre-empting Understanding Problems in L1/L2 Conversations: Evidence of Effectiveness from Simulated Emergency Calls. Applied Linguistics 40 (2) : 205–227.
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English
Keywords
conversation | emergency conversation | foreign language proficiency | instructing1 | L2-acquisition | patient | simulation | understanding
Place, Publisher
Oxford University Press
Journal WWW
http://www3.oup.co.uk/applij/contents/

Annotation

Using data from simulated emergency calls, this inquiry displays that in this context of instruction, L1 speakers orient to possible grasp problems for L2 addressees by employing knowable pre-emptive strategies, and that these strategies are efficient in abating the probability of grasp problems.