A conversation-analytic study of word searches in EFL classrooms

Using a conversation analytic methodology, this PhD thesis describes and analyses an interactional practice called “word search” in adult Taiwanese EFL classrooms. Word searches are launched when speakers have problems in producing a linguistic item to continue their talk, which may be completed by...

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Main Author: Lin, FenLan
Published: University of Newcastle upon Tyne 2014
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.658337