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My Student Just Wants to Chat! Are They Learning Anything? #1113

Sun, Feb 21, 15:30-15:55 JST | Room GJ
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This is a presentation of my own research into online 1:1 general-purpose speaking classes with adults. I'll present a few recorded extracts of moments when a correction or repair-initiation was launched and encountered trouble. First, we'll analyze these extracts through a traditional SLA lens and then analyze the same extracts through a more social/ethnomethodological lens (as is the trend in many journals these days), compare the findings, and consider which approach is more relevant to different contexts.

William Owens

William Owens

I'm deeply embroiled in my Ph.D. thesis at present, using conversation analysis to uncover how two participants in a 1-1 online English class orient to one another and to what they're doing in different ways and at different moments to co-construct very personalised and specific learning spaces from the building-blocks of conversation. I don't honestly fully know what that means, nor do I know how to do it, so it's taking a long time. I'm interested in ELF and world Englishes, conversation analysis, teacher training/education and professional development, and teacher psychology. I'm currently considering post-graduation career directions.
William Owens

William Owens