Other-Repetition as a Resource for Participation in the Activity of Playing a Video Game

This article offers an empirically based contribution to the growing body of studies using Conversation Analysis (CA) as a tool for analyzing second/foreign language learning in and through interaction. Building on a sociointeractional view of learning as grounded in the structures of participation...

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Published in:The Modern language journal (Boulder, Colo.) Colo.), 2009-07, Vol.93 (2), p.153-169
Main Authors: MARSH, ARJA PIIRAINEN, TAINIO, LIISA
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Avatars
Communicative Competence (Languages)
Computer & video games
Discourse Analysis
Foreign language learning
Games
Interaction
Interpersonal Communication
Language
Language Processing
Linguistics
Narratives
Nonnative languages
Play languages
Second Language Learning
Social interaction
Video Games
Vocabulary Development
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Summary:This article offers an empirically based contribution to the growing body of studies using Conversation Analysis (CA) as a tool for analyzing second/foreign language learning in and through interaction. Building on a sociointeractional view of learning as grounded in the structures of participation in social activities, we apply CA methods to examine the affordances offered by interaction during the activity of playing a video game for additional language learning. We focus on one type of interactional practice, lexical and prosodic repetition, as a recurring resource through which players attend to the game and collaboratively build their understanding and experience of game events. We argue that other-repetition offers participants a resource for not only interpreting the game but also for engaging with the second language, analyzing it, and putting it to use in ways that enable players to display and develop their linguistic and interactional competence.
ISSN:0026-7902
1540-4781
DOI:10.1111/j.1540-4781.2009.00853.x