ScholarSpace (University of Hawaii at Manoa) · 1985 · 139 citations · 0 references
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Language StudiesLinguisticsSecond Language StudiesDiscourse AnalysisLanguage AcquisitionLanguage DevelopmentConversation AnalysisInteractional PragmaticsInterlanguageSecond Language AcquisitionSpeech ActsInterlanguage AnalysisInterlanguage GrammarInterlingual TransferTask-based InteractionTask-based Language Learning
It is the purpose of this paper to examine the effect of task type on the input and interaction in nonnative speaker-nonnative speaker (NNS-NNS) dyads. The study which we report analyzes the speech generated by dyads of Japanese and Mandarin Chinese speakers enrolled in English as a second language (ESL) classes at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. Two types of pedagogic tasks, namely problem-solving tasks (PS) and debates (D), and two examples of each, are the focus of this study.