The investigation of turns and turn-taking in classroom context
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https://doi.org/10.21030/anyp.2015.1.2Keywords:
discourse analysis, classroom discourse, teacher communication, turn, turn-takingAbstract
In functional linguistics, language and language use are phenomena which cannot be interpreted
without a speaker. Spoken discourse is thus not a static system of elements and rules but it is
operation and functionality. The topic of this study is the investigation of turns and turn-taking
in a classroom context from two communication aspects: from the perspective of the teacher
and that of the student. The first part of the paper discusses the main results in conversation
analysis concerning turns and turn-taking. The next part presents the aims, material, methods
and the most important results of a study in discourse analysis. Based on the data, it provides a
detailed analysis on the length and structure of turns in classroom, the type and characteristics
of sequences, as well as the linguistic and non-linguistic cues of turn taking. Certain phenomena
are also demonstrated with specific examples. The paper deals with the applications of these
research results in education and it formulates recommendations for further research as well.
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