Unfocused tasks elicit significantly more confirmation checks and clarification requests than focused tasks¶
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q2 i? The relationship between negotiation strategy type and task type (focused vs. unfocused) was statistically significant, with more confirmation checks and clarification requests in unfocused tasks. → Roohani 2022
Evidence¶
Roohani 2022¶
Roohani, A. (2022). Effect of (Un)Focused Tasks on L2 Learners' Meaning Negotiation and Negotiation Strategy. PASAA, 63. https://portal.issn.org/resource/ISSN/2287-0024 doi:10.58837/chula.pasaa.63.1.12
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Chi-square test on strategy frequencies (confirmation checks, clarification requests, comprehension checks) coded by two raters from the 36 learners' task transcripts; confirmation checks were the most frequent and comprehension checks the least frequent strategy in both task types; no effect size printed.
"the relationship between the type of negotiation strategies and task type (focused vs. unfocused) was statistically significant, (χ2 = 7.293, p = .0260)"
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Related Claims¶
- Strategy-specific effects: time affects self-repetitions and marginally clarification requests; proficiency pairing affects confirmation checks and negative feedback; language affects other-repetitions and negative feedback — related
- Task condition (decision-making vs. opinion-exchange) did not significantly moderate the amount of meaning negotiation — related
- Task condition (decision-making vs. opinion-exchange) did not significantly moderate negotiation strategy use — related
- Unfocused communicative tasks elicit significantly more meaning negotiation than focused tasks among intermediate EFL learners — a broader claim this one bears on
- Closed meaning-focused tasks foster more negotiation of meaning and negative feedback than open tasks in CMC — reports the opposite
- Teacher discourse shifted toward creating new challenging situations (NI) and confirming repeats (R) in the interactive-whiteboard condition, versus providing requested information (IR) and clarification questions (Q) in the traditional-whiteboard condition — related
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Unfocused tasks elicit significantly more confirmation checks and clarification requests than focused tasks |
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Unfocused tasks elicit significantly more confirmation checks and clarification requests than focused tasks |
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