Bridging Research and Practice – Language Data site
Professional Development Resources for L2 Teaching and Learning
Language Data Participants: dialogue (doctor and patient, native speakers) Context: doctor’s office, conversation, summer 2015 Topic Keywords: dizziness, nausea, allergy, prescriptions Linguistic Features: choice of words (use of idioms), figures of speech Interactional Practices: Listener Responses; Highly active listenership; turn-taking;
Language Data Participants: dialogue ( two natives) Context: doctor-patient role play, conversation, spring 2015 Topic Keywords: dizziness, lack of strength, stress, life-work balance Linguistic Features: sequential connectives; repetition for emphasis; reactive expressions Interactional Practices: clear display of understanding (active listenership);
Language Data Participants: dialogue ( two natives) Context: doctor-patient role play, conversation, spring 2015 Topic Keywords: energy level, state of mind, social activities Linguistic Features: choice of words (colloquial vs. formal); sentence-final interjections; verb reduplication; Interactional Practices: response tokens, turn-taking
Language Data Participants: dialogue ( two natives) Context: Interview with a retired doctor, conversation, spring 2015 Topic Keywords: life experience, career path, school life Linguistic Features: zero subjects, discourse connectives of time, negation of resultative complements Interactional Practices: self-repairs, story
Participants: Dialogue, one learner, two natives Context: Rice in Spain 2015 Topic Keywords: loan words, effects of English on Spanish, negative perspective Linguistic Features: Present tense, present subjunctive (expression of opinion, goal, hypothesis), use of the infinitive Interactional Practices: reactive
Participants: dialogue ( two natives) Context: doctor-patient role play, conversation, spring 2015 Topic Keywords: sports, pain, recovery process Linguistic Features: “然后“ as connective Interactional Practices: Response token; floor-holding (然后，那个）; self-repairs; incomplete/short sentences Downloads ◆ Transcript
Participants: dialogue (2 natives) Context: getting to know each other better (2015 Summer Rice-in-China) Topic Keywords: name, major, career, hobby Linguistic Features: variety of sentence patterns Interactional Practices: opening and closing conversation Downloads ◆ Transcript
Participants: dialogue (2 natives) Context: chatting with a taxi driver about family (2015 Summer Rice-in-China) Topic Keywords: family, language learning, taking care of parents Linguistic Features: variety of sentence patterns Interactional Practices: initiate and expand topics, switch topics Downloads ◆
Participants: dialogue (learner and native) Context: interviewing host family about favorite TV shows (2016 Summer Rice-in-China) Topic Keywords: TV shows, soap operas, variety shows Linguistic Features: variety of sentence patterns Interactional Practices: initiate questions, ask further questions Downloads ◆ Transcript
Participants: dialogue (two learners, two natives) Context: study abroad in Brazil, conversation, summer 2015 Topic Keywords: daily routine, daily life, university Linguistic Features: present tense, use of subject pronouns, “nós” and “a gente” as 1st person plural pronouns Interactional Practices:
Participants: dialogue (one learner, two natives) Context: activity outside class, interviewing, spring 2015 Topic Keywords: sports, soccer, food, daily life Linguistic Features: past, present, future, describing Interactional Practices: turn-taking Downloads ◆ Transcript (L2) ◆ Lesson Plan
Participants: dialogue (2 natives) Context: purchase a bike (2014 Summer Rice-in-China) Topic Keywords: asking for a favor, buying a bike Linguistic Features: vocabulary, grammatical pattern, making requests Interactional Practices: request, refusal Downloads ◆ Transcript (coming soon)
