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Chapter 28 - Interactional Competence in the Korean Language

from Part VI - Language Pedagogy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 September 2022

By
Mary Shin Kim
Edited by
Sungdai Cho  and
John Whitman
Sungdai Cho
Affiliation:
Binghamton University, State University of New York
John Whitman
Affiliation:
Cornell University, New York
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Summary

Chapter 28 draws on findings from conversation analysis, pragmatics, and interactional linguistics studies of Korean language, to offer an overview of L1 Korean speakers’ routinized procedures and practices for turn-taking and repair organization, both of which are tied to the grammatical structures and pragmatic features of Korean. The discussion of each practice touches on pedagogical implications for L2 contexts, drawing on a number of recent empirical studies that have documented L2 interactional development processes.

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conversation analysisinteractional competenceL2 Korean language learnerrepair practicesequencing practiceturn-taking practice
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The Cambridge Handbook of Korean Linguistics , pp. 800 - 831
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2022

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