A1 Journal article (refereed)
Student-initiated multi-unit questions in EMI classrooms (2021)


Duran, D., & Sert, O. (2021). Student-initiated multi-unit questions in EMI classrooms. Linguistics and Education, 65, Article 100980. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.linged.2021.100980


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Publication details

All authors or editorsDuran, Derya; Sert, Olcay

Journal or seriesLinguistics and Education

ISSN0898-5898

eISSN1873-1864

Publication year2021

Volume65

Article number100980

PublisherElsevier

Publication countryUnited States

Publication languageEnglish

DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.linged.2021.100980

Publication open accessOpenly available

Publication channel open accessPartially open access channel

Publication is parallel published (JYX)https://jyx.jyu.fi/handle/123456789/77930


Abstract

This conversation analytic study investigates student-initiated multi-unit questions (MUQs) in whole class interaction. Based on a corpus of 30 hours of videotaped interactions from teacher education classrooms in an English-medium instruction university, we demonstrate that students use MUQs to introduce topics, either by recontextualizing some aspect of the prior topic, or alternatively, without these cohesive ties, which requires more interactional work to achieve intersubjectivity. Findings reveal that MUQs render student professional concerns more relevant and salient, foregrounding those inquiries as a space for launching topics. Students bring up issues such as ways of handling particular situations through MUQs and contribute what they already know about the topic of the question, thereby confining the scope of the sought information. The study contributes to understanding how topic initiating practices are enacted through local connections where the student questions do display coherence with the immediately preceding discourse.


Keywordshigher education (teaching)classroom workteaching situationEnglish languagelinguistic interactionquestionsconversation analysis

Free keywordsconversation analysis; English-medium instruction; higher education; multi-unit questions; student initiations


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Ministry reportingYes

Reporting Year2021

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