In this paper we describe patterns of spatial co-ordination that, we propose, are a distinctive characteristic of multi-person face-to-face interactions. The data come from a task in which participants describe some simple, non-spatial, computer code in an instructor / learner scenario. Three participants take part; 2 instructors and 1 learner. Using excerpts from these interactions we show tha...

Abstract A challenge of large-scale oral communication assessments is to feasibly assess a broad construct that includes interactional competence. One possible approach in addressing this use spoken dialog system (SDS), with the computer acting as peer elicit ratable speech sample. With aim, an SDS was built and four trained human raters assessed discourse elicited from 40 test takers completed...

Although studies on L2 IC through discursive practice have gained prominence, little is known about pedagogical steps to develop (Hall, et al., 2011; van Compernolle, 2015; Young, 2009, 2011, 2019), especially in the language classroom. More recently, Salaberry and Kunitz (2019) claim that “only a few attempts been made bridge gap between research with regard teaching of classroom” (p. 1). More...

Central to Vygotsky-inspired sociocultural theory (SCT) is the notion of ZPD seen by SLA researchers as a useful framework within which L2 teaching and learning can take place. Van Lier (2004) argues that the ZPD could be activated in diverse proximal contexts (PCs) and is not limited to the expert-novice scenario. . This study probed whether Iranian EFL learners' collaborative task performance...

In Pakistani corporate set-ups, proficiency in English is taken as competence communication; other important aspects of communicative are overlooked. The research carried out so far from the point view Management and Organizational Behavior none linguistic perspective. current study an attempt to find relationship between capital part Communicative Competence employees' job performance via sati...

chologists has shown that implicit race bias can influence an individual’s behavior (Amodio and Devine 2006; Dovidio, Kawakami, and Gaertner 2002; Fazio and Olson 2003). Implicit bias has been suggested to be more prevalent but also less subject to cognitive control than explicit racism (Amodio, Harmon-Jones, and Devine 2003; Dovidio et al. 1997). However, relatively little is known about how i...