Exploring Learners' Backchannel Production in Complaint Sequences Across Proficiency Levels
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Exploring Learners' Backchannel Production in Complaint Sequences Across Proficiency LevelsAutoría
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2023-01-01Editor
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Beltrán-Palanques,V. (2023). Exploring learners’ backchannel production in complaint sequences across proficiency levels. International Journal of Instruction, 16(2), 1-14. https://doi.org/10.29333/iji.2023.1621aTipo de documento
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To participate effectively in interaction, interlocutors should make use of various
resources such as backchannels. Through backchannels, listeners can, for example,
show attention and provide support and feedback. ... [+]
To participate effectively in interaction, interlocutors should make use of various
resources such as backchannels. Through backchannels, listeners can, for example,
show attention and provide support and feedback. The study aims to explore the
effect of proficiency level on backchannel production. 64 English learners at two
different proficiency levels participated in a role-play task consisting of a
complaint situation. The learners’ production of backchannels was analysed in
terms of frequency and typology. Results suggest that the proficiency level and the
role adopted in the simulated task appeared to affect the overall frequency and
typology of backchannels. Learners with a higher level of language proficiency
seem to use backchannels more frequently, probably due to their greater linguistic
repertoire and pragmatic awareness regarding the construction of interaction.
Results also show that the backchannel categories of continuer and agreement
stand out above the rest. Finally, the study offers some pedagogical implications
concerning the treatment of backchannels in the language classroom. [-]
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International Journal of Instruction, April 2023, Vol.16, No.2Derechos de acceso
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