Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- About the Authors
- Acknowledgements
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Communicative Interaction in the Foreign Language Classroom
- 3 Basis for the Description of Discourse as an Interactive Process
- 4 On Keeping Talking Without Saying Anything (Much): The Use of Gambits in Interaction
- 5 Using Words to Make Meaning: Ritual Frame Indicating Expressions in Everyday Talk
- 6 On Saying What You Mean: Illocutions in Different Interactional Slots
- 7 Building Up Interactional Episodes
- 8 Types of Talk in the Global Classroom
- 9 The Interactional Practice of Grammatical Items
- 10 Conclusion
- Notes
- References
- Index
8 - Types of Talk in the Global Classroom
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 08 June 2023
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- About the Authors
- Acknowledgements
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Communicative Interaction in the Foreign Language Classroom
- 3 Basis for the Description of Discourse as an Interactive Process
- 4 On Keeping Talking Without Saying Anything (Much): The Use of Gambits in Interaction
- 5 Using Words to Make Meaning: Ritual Frame Indicating Expressions in Everyday Talk
- 6 On Saying What You Mean: Illocutions in Different Interactional Slots
- 7 Building Up Interactional Episodes
- 8 Types of Talk in the Global Classroom
- 9 The Interactional Practice of Grammatical Items
- 10 Conclusion
- Notes
- References
- Index
Summary
Chapter 8 presents a case study of an important Type of Talk, namely Opening Talk. The chapter illustrates why the acquisition of speech acts and related Types of Talk is often challenging for learners of English. We report on experiments conducted with Chinese learners of English.
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- Expressions, Speech Acts and DiscourseA Pedagogic Interactional Grammar of English, pp. 234 - 248Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2023