Recasts, Repetition, and Ambiguity in L2 Classroom Discourse.

Lyster, Roy

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ERIC Number: EJ561205

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Publication Date: 1998

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Recasts, Repetition, and Ambiguity in L2 Classroom Discourse.

Lyster, Roy

Studies in Second Language Acquisition, v20 n1 p51-81 Mar 1998

Examines aspects of communicative classroom discourse that may affect the potential of recasts to be noticed as negative evidence by young second-language learners. The database comprises transcripts of over 18 hours of interaction recorded during 27 lessons in four immersion classrooms at the primary level. (Author/JL)

Descriptors: Ambiguity, Classroom Communication, Databases, Discourse Analysis, Elementary Education, Error Correction, Feedback, Foreign Countries, French, Immersion Programs, Interaction, Pragmatics, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning

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Language: English

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