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Communication strategies employed by low-proficiency users: Possibilities for ELF-informed pedagogy

Journal of English as a lingua franca, 2019-03, Vol.8 (1), p.9-35 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

2019. This work is published under http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0 (the “License”). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License. ;ISSN: 2191-9216 ;EISSN: 2191-933X ;DOI: 10.1515/jelf-2019-2003

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Title:
Communication strategies employed by low-proficiency users: Possibilities for ELF-informed pedagogy
Author: Sato, Takanori ; Yujobo, Yuri Jody ; Okada, Tricia ; Ogane, Ethel
Subjects: Classroom communication ; Collaboration ; collaborative interaction ; Communication ; communication strategies ; Discourse strategies ; English as a lingua franca ; English as a second language ; English as an international language ; Interpersonal communication ; Japanese language ; Limited English proficiency ; low-proficiency English users ; Pragmatics ; project-based learning ; Second language teachers ; コミュニケーション方略 ; プロジェクトベース学習 ; 初級レベル英語話者 ; 協力的インタラクション ; 国際語としての英語
Is Part Of: Journal of English as a lingua franca, 2019-03, Vol.8 (1), p.9-35
Description: ELF research has demonstrated that English users employ various communication strategies (CSs) to achieve mutual understanding and deal with uncertainty in ELF conversations. Thus, implementing various CSs is said to be important for learners in ELF interactions. Although a list of CSs might indicate which strategies English learners may ultimately need, it is not necessarily helpful for low-proficiency English learners as they may not be able to use many CSs due to a lack of English language resources. This study attempts to identify CSs that 20 Japanese low-proficiency English users employ in talk-in-interaction with English language instructors. CSs investigated in this study were not restricted to those examined from second language acquisition perspectives but included pragmatic and collaborative strategies identified in various ELF studies. Investigating CSs from the perspective of ELF helps to form a more sensitive analysis of how low-proficiency English users work to achieve successful L2 communication with interlocutors. Results revealed that the students, who were not given prior instruction in strategies, collaboratively employed various CSs to cope with communication breakdown, promote message conveyance, and co-construct a meaningful interaction with their interlocutors. These findings provide insights into how low-proficiency users might manage to achieve successful communication in various ELF settings. Analysis of the data helps to inform teachers which CSs low-proficiency learners may utilize more easily and those for which they may require more intensive practice.
Publisher: Berlin: De Gruyter
Language: English
Identifier: ISSN: 2191-9216
EISSN: 2191-933X
DOI: 10.1515/jelf-2019-2003
Source: ProQuest Central

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Communication strategies employed by low-proficiency users: Possibilities for ELF-informed pedagogy

2019. This work is published under http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0 (the “License”). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License. ;ISSN: 2191-9216 ;EISSN: 2191-933X ;DOI: 10.1515/jelf-2019-2003

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