Teaching Gambits: The Effect of Instruction and Task Variation on the Use of Conversation Strategies by Intermediate Spanish Students.

Taylor, Gregory

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ERIC Number: EJ645340

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Publication Date: 2002

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Teaching Gambits: The Effect of Instruction and Task Variation on the Use of Conversation Strategies by Intermediate Spanish Students.

Taylor, Gregory

Foreign Language Annals, v35 n2 p171-89 Mar-Apr 2002

Examined whether gambit use in Spanish--words or phrases that facilitate the flow of conversation by giving the speaker time to organize her thoughts--can be taught effectively in the classroom, allowing the student to use gambits appropriately in unplanned speech. Results suggest that students can be taught to use gambits effectively in the classroom. (Author/VWL)

Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Phrase Structure, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Spanish

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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