Conversation analysis at the service of research in the field of second language acquisition (CA-for-SLA)

2017 ◽  
pp. 321-347 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dolors Masats
Keyword(s):  
Second Language ◽  
Second Language Acquisition ◽  
Language Acquisition ◽  
Conversation Analysis

Some thoughts on “noting” in Language Management Theory and beyond

2012 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 160-173 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jiří Nekvapil
Keyword(s):  
Second Language ◽  
Second Language Acquisition ◽  
Language Acquisition ◽  
Conversation Analysis ◽  
Management Theory ◽  
Discursive Psychology ◽  
Language Management ◽  
Management Framework ◽  
Concrete Words ◽  
Discursive Approach

This paper analyses how “noting” has been conceptualized in the Language Management Framework originating in the work of Neustupný and Jernudd. It deals with the influence of the cognitivist concept of “noticing” as used in the theories of Second Language Acquisition and instead proposes to assume the discursive approach of “noting” inspired by Discursive Psychology and Conversation Analysis. It pays attention to the formulations and concrete words which people use to express that they “noted” a phenomenon (be it linguistic, communicative or socio-cultural). Finally, it addresses micro-macro-linkage in the framework, namely, how “noting” of everyday speakers connects to management acts performed by experts in institutions.

Numa Markee, Conversation analysis. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2000. Pp. xv, 216. Pb $22.50.

2001 ◽  
Vol 30 (2) ◽  
pp. 289-291 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hansun Zhang Waring
Keyword(s):  
Second Language ◽  
Second Language Acquisition ◽  
Language Acquisition ◽  
Conversation Analysis ◽  
Empirical Data ◽  
Popular Discourse ◽  
Theory To Practice ◽  
New Frontier ◽  
Theoretical Considerations ◽  
Empirical Analyses

Conversation analysis has opened up a new frontier for both Conversation Analysis (CA) and second-language acquisition (SLA). It is a gutsy and timely book. As a first endeavor of its kind, it ventures to apply an increasingly popular discourse analytic methodology to a field whose research has traditionally been governed by experimental paradigms. It also strikes an impressive balance between theoretical considerations and empirical analyses. The book begins with purely theoretical discussions on the larger issues that govern the two fields, then moves on to incorporate empirical data in illustrating the possibility of connecting them. The theory-to-practice continuum is completed by applying CA to two SLA-related collections of data. In a remarkable way, the author manages to become fully engaged in micro-analytic procedures without for a moment losing sight of the larger pictures that motivated these procedures.

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