It is believed that L2 classrooms in which there is negotiated interaction between students and teachers result in more language learning, because it produces the linguistic conditions for classroom learners to access comprehensible input and produce comprehensible output. The present study, using a three-fold model of negotiation, describes the features of teacher-student negotiated interaction in Chinese college English classrooms and asks whether the linguistic environment arising from the process of negotiation is favorable to learner participation. The study reveals that on the whole, the linguistic environment produced in the investigated classes is not favorable to language learning, but some modifications do facilitate students’ interlanguage use.
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NEGOTIATION IN L2 CLASSROOMS: CONCEPTS AND ROLES RELATED STUDIES THE PURPOSE OF THE STUDY METHODOLOGY Research Questions Participants Data Collection Coding of Negotiation RESULTS Distribution of the Three Types of Negotiation Negotiation of Meaning Negotiation of Form Negotiation of Content Conversational Modifications Made by Students DISCUSSION Teachers and Students Make Greatest Effort to Achieve Mutual Understanding Conversational Modifications are Ineffective in Eliciting Learner Participation in Negotiating Meaning Clarification Requests are Effective in Yielding Enhanced Output in Negotiating for Meaning Confirmation Checks are Mainly Followed by Confirmation or Negation of the Trigger Negotiation of Form is Effective in Pushing Students to Produce Enhanced Output There is More Students’ Linguistic and Cognitive Involvement in Negotiation of Content Scanty Conversation Devices are Used by Students CONCLUSION THE AUTHORS REFERENCES APPENDIX
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Xuehui Liu [ Nanjing Normal University, China ]
Guoxia Zhao [ East China Normal University, China ]
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