Self-repair in second language interaction: Dyad groups in action

• Main Author: Rangel-Studer, Beatriz
• Format: Others
• Published: CSUSB ScholarWorks 2006
• Subjects: Second language acquisition; English language Errors of usage; Speech errors; Language and languages Study and teaching Error analysis; Speech errors.; First and Second Language Acquisition
• Online Access: https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/2975; https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=3992&context=etd-project

Describes the results of a research project that analyzes the interaction of a second language (L2) learners of English (non-native speakers (NNS)) with a native speakers (NS). The subjects of the study were four NNS and two NS of English at Imperial Valley College in Imperial, California. The first aspect of the analysis determines the way in which self-repair might be related to L2 development and the L2 learner's language proficiency level. The second aspect of the analysis determines whether the NNS use self-repair differently when the interlocutor is a NS or a NNS of English. Results of the study indicate that while there was not a correlation between overall frequency of self-repair and language proficiency, there was a relationship between frequency of particular types of repair and language proficiency.