Communicating in a lingua franca: children’s interaction in an international summer camp
Yang, J. and Zhu, Hua (2010) Communicating in a lingua franca: children’s interaction in an international summer camp. Sociolinguistic Studies 4 (3), pp. 535-552. ISSN 1750-8657.
Abstract
The aim of this paper is to investigate how children negotiate their language and social roles using English as a lingua franca in an international summer camp. Through detailed analysis of interactions in a group activity, it is found that the children employ a range of linguistic and interactional resources, in particular, language alternation, clarification and repair, and shadowing, to negotiate and manage their participation, despite disparities of their English language abilities. The analysis also shows how the participants deal with the tensions in group dynamics, which arise partly out of discrepancies between their self-perceived and other-perceived language abilities. The findings have theoretical and practical implications for understanding and facilitating youth interaction in multicultural settings.
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| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| School: | Birkbeck Faculties and Schools > Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences > School of Creative Arts, Culture and Communication |
| Depositing User: | Administrator |
| Date Deposited: | 09 Jul 2012 07:54 |
| Last Modified: | 09 Aug 2023 12:31 |
| URI: | https://eprints.bbk.ac.uk/id/eprint/4907 |
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