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Agreeing to disagree: ‘doing disagreement’ in assessed oral L2 interactions

Content Provider	Scilit
Author	Hüttner, Julia
Copyright Year	2014
Description	Journal: Classroom Discourse While disagreements are often considered dispreferred choices and potentially face-threatening acts due to their oppositional nature, this perception does not adequately reflect the importance of disagreeing for many types of interaction, such as problem-solving and decision-making. Developing ability in performing this speech act therefore becomes relevant for learners of an L2 in order to show achievements in such general language learning targets as expressing and defending opinions and arguments, as well as negotiating consensual decisions. This paper presents a sequential analysis of disagreements in assessed interactions of advanced German-speaking learners of English, observed in three different exam formats, i.e. teacher-led interview, role play with teacher and paired student interaction. Overall, 33 disagreement episodes were identified in 18 oral exams. Findings show that the choice of examination format constrains range and type of disagreement trajectory enacted by the learners, highlighting the influence of minor contextual differences. Moreover, analyses of these exams suggest that linguistic alignment can and does co-exist with oppositional talk, supporting the notion that the purpose of achieving a successful joint performance of L2 interaction carries weight even when there is disagreement on a content level.
Related Links	https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/367699/2/Huettner_DisagreementsL2_CD_AAM.pdf
Ending Page	215
Page Count	22
Starting Page	194
ISSN	19463014
e-ISSN	19463022
DOI	10.1080/19463014.2014.893897
Journal	Classroom Discourse
Issue Number	2
Volume Number	5
Language	English
Publisher	Informa UK Limited
Publisher Date	2014-03-27
Access Restriction	Open
Subject Keyword	Journal: Classroom Discourse Language Studies Classroom Discourse L2 Interactions Spoken Language Assessment English As a Foreign Language Disagreement
Content Type	Text
Subject	Education Linguistics and Language

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