Teachers’ Eyebrow and Head Movements and Repeats as Other-Initiations of Repair in Second-Language Classrooms
This study investigates how teachers use language and bodily-visual practices, and particularly facial gestures, to initiate repair of problems in students’ utterances in Chinese as a Second Language classroom interactions. We identify two multimodal practices used by teachers for other-initiation o...
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| description | This study investigates how teachers use language and bodily-visual practices, and particularly facial gestures, to initiate repair of problems in students’ utterances in Chinese as a Second Language classroom interactions. We identify two multimodal practices used by teachers for other-initiation of repair. First, teachers use a “visual repair initiator” of eyebrow raises and head tilts to address apparent language errors in students’ utterances without specifying the trouble-source. Second, teachers use full or partial repeats with marked prosody and eyebrow raises to display problems with accepting a student’s response. We argue that the two practices are deployed to deal with different types of problems in students’ utterances.
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| spelling | doaj.art-cff280740383496f96dd965c821379942024-02-09T01:03:05ZengUniversity of CopenhagenSocial Interaction2446-36202024-02-016310.7146/si.v6i3.142895Teachers’ Eyebrow and Head Movements and Repeats as Other-Initiations of Repair in Second-Language Classrooms Xiaoyun Wang0Xiaoting Li1University of AlbertaUniversity of AlbertaThis study investigates how teachers use language and bodily-visual practices, and particularly facial gestures, to initiate repair of problems in students’ utterances in Chinese as a Second Language classroom interactions. We identify two multimodal practices used by teachers for other-initiation of repair. First, teachers use a “visual repair initiator” of eyebrow raises and head tilts to address apparent language errors in students’ utterances without specifying the trouble-source. Second, teachers use full or partial repeats with marked prosody and eyebrow raises to display problems with accepting a student’s response. We argue that the two practices are deployed to deal with different types of problems in students’ utterances. https://tidsskrift.dk/socialinteraction/article/view/142895other-initiation of repaireyebrow movementhead movementChinese as a Second Language classroom interaction |
| spellingShingle | Xiaoyun Wang Xiaoting Li Teachers’ Eyebrow and Head Movements and Repeats as Other-Initiations of Repair in Second-Language Classrooms Social Interaction other-initiation of repair eyebrow movement head movement Chinese as a Second Language classroom interaction |
| title | Teachers’ Eyebrow and Head Movements and Repeats as Other-Initiations of Repair in Second-Language Classrooms |
| title_full | Teachers’ Eyebrow and Head Movements and Repeats as Other-Initiations of Repair in Second-Language Classrooms |
| title_fullStr | Teachers’ Eyebrow and Head Movements and Repeats as Other-Initiations of Repair in Second-Language Classrooms |
| title_full_unstemmed | Teachers’ Eyebrow and Head Movements and Repeats as Other-Initiations of Repair in Second-Language Classrooms |
| title_short | Teachers’ Eyebrow and Head Movements and Repeats as Other-Initiations of Repair in Second-Language Classrooms |
| title_sort | teachers eyebrow and head movements and repeats as other initiations of repair in second language classrooms |
| topic | other-initiation of repair eyebrow movement head movement Chinese as a Second Language classroom interaction |
| url | https://tidsskrift.dk/socialinteraction/article/view/142895 |
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