THE OCCURRENCE AND PERCEPTION OF LISTENER VISUAL CUES DURING NONUNDERSTANDING EPISODES

This research report examines the occurrence of listener visual cues during nonunderstanding episodes and investigates raters’ sensitivity to those cues. Nonunderstanding episodes (n = 21) and length-matched understanding episodes (n = 21) were taken from a larger dataset of video-recorded conversat...

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Published in:Studies in second language acquisition 2019-12, Vol.41 (5), p.1151-1165
Main Authors: McDonough, Kim, Trofimovich, Pavel, Lu, Libing, Abashidze, Dato
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Behavior
Bilingualism
Classrooms
Communication (Thought Transfer)
Comparative Analysis
Correlation
Cues
English (Second Language)
English as a second language
Evaluators
Face (Body)
Facial expressions
French
French language
Graduate Students
Human Body
Intercultural Communication
Intonation
Language Processing
Listening Comprehension
Meta Analysis
Multilingualism
Native Speakers
Nonverbal Communication
Remedial Instruction
Research Report
Researchers
Second Language Learning
Speech communities
Verbal communication
Verbal Stimuli
Video Technology
Visual Perception
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Summary:This research report examines the occurrence of listener visual cues during nonunderstanding episodes and investigates raters’ sensitivity to those cues. Nonunderstanding episodes (n = 21) and length-matched understanding episodes (n = 21) were taken from a larger dataset of video-recorded conversations between second language (L2) English speakers and a bilingual French-English interlocutor (McDonough, Trofimovich, Dao, & Abashidze, 2018). Episode videos were analyzed for the occurrence of listener visual cues, such as head nods, blinks, facial expressions, and holds. Videos of the listener’s face were manipulated to create three rating conditions: clear voice/clear face, distorted voice/clear face, and clear voice/blurred face. Raters in the same speech community (N = 66) were assigned to a video condition to assess the listener’s comprehension. Results revealed differences in the occurrence of listener visual cues between the understanding and nonunderstanding episodes. In addition, raters gave lower ratings of listener comprehension when they had access to the listener’s visual cues.
ISSN:0272-2631
1470-1545
DOI:10.1017/S0272263119000238