The Use of Gambits in the English Language Classroom

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

Learners and users of a second language have to resort to a variety of conversational strategies or structures to enable them to communicate effectively and competently. Factor affecting effective communication among English as a second or English as foreign language (ESL/EFL) learners are diverse in nature because of different socio-cultural backgrounds. Gambits as a conversational strategy are used to large extent and teachers must be made aware of such conversational strategies used by english as second or foreign language learners. Thus, studies focusing on conversational strategies among ESL/EFL learners in the English language classroom are important in order to identify the types of conversational strategies used and to help teachers to understand the appropriate conversational strategies and structures. Such Understanding can be used to guide learners to use correct conversational strategies when communication in english. The purpose of this paper is to highlight the use of gambits as a communication strategy in conversation among non-native speakers of English in an English as a second language(ESL) context based on Kellers conversational strategy signals. (175 words)

목차 (Table of Contents)

• Ⅰ. INTRODUCTION
• Ⅱ. LITERATURE REVIEW
• 1. Conversational Strategies and Conversational Structure
• 2. ‘Gambits’ in Conversation
• 3. Classification of Gambits
• Ⅲ. METHODOLOGY
• 1. Subjects
• 2. Data
• 3. Analysis
• Ⅳ. DISCUSSION AND PRESENTATION OF DATA
• 1. Types of Conversational Strategies Used
• 1) State of Consciousness Signals
• 2) Semantic Framing
• 3) Signaling of Social Context
• 4) Communication Control Signal
• 2. Other Strategy Types
• 1) Reduplication
• 2) Semantic Contiguity
• 3) Message Abandonment
• 3. Discourse Structure
• 1) Conversational Phases
• 2) Topics
• Ⅵ. CONCLUSION