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Publication Date: 2021
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Exploring L2 Learners' Task-Related Identities in a Reading Circle Task through Conversation Analysis
Le, Hoa T. V.
Canadian Journal of Applied Linguistics / Revue canadienne de linguistique appliquée, v24 n2 p159-186 2021
Using conversation analysis as the research approach, this study explores how L2 learners utilize their task-related identities during task interactions and how those identities are used as resources for task management. Eight students in an ESL academic reading class formed two groups while they did their reading circle task for six rounds. In each round, the students took turns to be in charge of a specific role in the discussion session (i.e., discussion leader, notetaker, vocabulary definer, and contextualizer). Data was collected from all rounds and analyzed for emerging patterns. Results showed that (a) the participants used each other's assigned identities skillfully to orient the group to the institutional goal, and (b) the participants used their own existing obligations to problematize the task interactions. By providing insights on those dynamic task-related identities, this study broadens our understanding of interactions happening at the task implementation stage and suggests pedagogical implications.
Descriptors: Self Concept, Teaching Methods, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language), Task Analysis, Discourse Analysis, English for Academic Purposes, Reading Instruction, Cooperative Learning, Group Dynamics, Student Role, Goal Orientation, Correlation, State Universities, Undergraduate Students
Canadian Association of Applied Linguistics / Association Canadienne de Linguistique Appliquée. Departement de langues, linguistique et traduction, Pavillon de Koninck, Universite Laval, Quebec, QC G1K 7P4, Canada. Web site: http://www.aclacaal.org
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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