Finding the zone of proximal development: student-tutor second language dialogue interactions

Arabella Sinclair; Jon Oberlander; Dragan Gašević

Finding the zone of proximal development: student-tutor second language dialogue interactions

Arabella Sinclair, Jon Oberlander, Dragan Gašević

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Abstract

The goal of dialogue practice for a second language learner is to facilitate their production of dialogue similar to that between native speakers. This paper explores the characteristics of student and tutor dialogue in terms of their differences from classic conversational and task-oriented corpora. Interlocutors have the tendency to align to the language of the other in conversational dialogue, creating a symmetry between speakers which learners of a language may be unable at first to achieve. Our hypothesis is that as a learner’s competence increases, symmetry between learner and tutor language increases. We investigate this at both a surface and a deeper level, using automatic measures of linguistic complexity, and dialogue act analysis. The data supports our hypothesis.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	SEMDIAL 2017 SaarDial
Subtitle of host publication	Proceedings of the 21st Workshop on the Semantics and Pragmatics of Dialogue
Editors	Volha Petukhova, Ye Tian
Place of Publication	Amsterdam Netherlands
Publisher	University of Amsterdam
Pages	134-142
Number of pages	9
Publication status	Published - 2017
Externally published	Yes
Event	SemDial 2017: SaarDial - Saarbrücken, Germany Duration: 15 Aug 2017 → 17 Aug 2017 Conference number: 21st http://www.saardial.uni-saarland.de/

Conference

Conference	SemDial 2017
Country/Territory	Germany
City	Saarbrücken
Period	15/08/17 → 17/08/17
Internet address	http://www.saardial.uni-saarland.de/

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Sinclair, A., Oberlander, J., & Gašević, D. (2017). Finding the zone of proximal development: student-tutor second language dialogue interactions. In V. Petukhova, & Y. Tian (Eds.), SEMDIAL 2017 SaarDial: Proceedings of the 21st Workshop on the Semantics and Pragmatics of Dialogue (pp. 134-142). University of Amsterdam. http://events.illc.uva.nl/semdial/proceedings/semdial2017_saardial_proceedings.pdf

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Sinclair, A, Oberlander, J & Gašević, D 2017, Finding the zone of proximal development: student-tutor second language dialogue interactions. in V Petukhova & Y Tian (eds), SEMDIAL 2017 SaarDial: Proceedings of the 21st Workshop on the Semantics and Pragmatics of Dialogue. University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam Netherlands, pp. 134-142, SemDial 2017, Saarbrücken, Saarland, Germany, 15/08/17. <http://events.illc.uva.nl/semdial/proceedings/semdial2017_saardial_proceedings.pdf>

Finding the zone of proximal development: student-tutor second language dialogue interactions. / Sinclair, Arabella; Oberlander, Jon; Gašević, Dragan.
SEMDIAL 2017 SaarDial: Proceedings of the 21st Workshop on the Semantics and Pragmatics of Dialogue. ed. / Volha Petukhova; Ye Tian. Amsterdam Netherlands: University of Amsterdam, 2017. p. 134-142.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference Paper › Research › peer-review

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