Naslov
Discourse markers in the talk of non-native speaker teachers of English

Autori
Čurković-Kalebić, Sanja

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, sažetak, znanstveni

Izvornik
45th Annual Meeting of the British Association for Applied Linguistics/Book of Abstracts / - , 2012, 121-121

Skup
45th Annual Meeting of the British Association for Applied Linguistics

Mjesto i datum
Southampton, Ujedinjeno Kraljevstvo, 06.09.2012. - 08.09.2012

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
discourse markers; teacher talk; non-native speaker teachers

Sažetak
Discourse markers are pervasive in spoken discourse. Recent studies have shown ubiquity of discourse markers in foreign language teacher talk. This study investigates discourse markers in the discourse of non-native speaker teachers in EFL classrooms. The author analyses the talk of eight non-native speaker teachers in sixteen transcribed recordings of EFL classroom talk in Croatian elementary schools (grades 5 to 7). The aim of the study is to investigate the occurrence and frequency of discourse markers in teacher talk and to provide an account for the functions of discourse markers as they were used by eight non- native speaker teachers of English. The analyses address the following questions: 1.) What is the occurrence and frequency of the discourse markers in teacher talk? ; 2.) What are the functions of the discourse markers and how are they distributed? The findings of this study indicate great variation in the use of discourse markers in the spoken discourse of non-native speaker teachers of English at this level of teaching. A great variability may be noticed in the frequency of different discourse markers used to preform a particular function. The complex of reasons for differences in the frequency distribution of the various functions might be looked for in the level of teaching and in the teaching style of Croatian EFL teachers. Based on the results obtained the implications of this study for the teaching practice and teacher education are considered in the conclusive part of the paper.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Filologija

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