Abstract

GONZALEZ, Liliana. Linguistic Exchanges: Effects on the Appropriation of French as a Foreign Language. Signo pensam. [online]. 2007, n.50, pp.252-263. ISSN 0120-4823.

The research this paper deals with is based on a tandem linguistic experience via e-mail; an asynchronous communication that takes place between two interlocutors who speak different mother tongues and communicate in order to establish a personal relationship and at the same time practice and learn one of the languages. Our purpose is to study the effects on foreign language appropriation in the context of a long-term commitment, which in turn may be influenced by the establishment of an interpersonal relationship. Conversational analysis is used to study the communicative and interactive behaviors of both participants: the native speaker's attempt to help the non-native toward understanding his/her messages better and improving his/her communicative competence, and the non-native speaker in his/her efforts toward appropriating the foreign language. Results show that this linguistic tandem enhances the foreign language appropriation process.

Keywords : computer-mediated communication; e-mail; exolingual communication; communication strategies; foreign language appropriation.

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