Step by Step Toward More Authentic Dialogues in the Language Classroom by Analyzing Acquaintance Dialogues

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.6093/1826-753X/9860

Keywords:

acquaintance dialogues, authenticity, discourse analysis, language teaching, spoken language

Abstract

The results of studying various genres of speech can be used in teaching foreign languages. After studying acquaintance dialogues, Svennevig (1999, 2014) introduces the self-presentational sequence model and the dimensions of acquaintance. In this study, based on my previous research on acquaintance dialogues in Hungarian, I present the characteristics of dialogue structuring in four chapters, following Wong and Waring’s (2020) interactional practices classification: turn-taking practices, sequencing practices, overall structuring practices, and repair practices. Based on the elements of the four chapters, I introduce a model to construct and verify the authenticity of a dialogue sample in the language classroom. The results are obtained based on a Hungarian language corpus of 60 speed-date dialogues. The summary does not cover all the features of spoken language, yet it can provide language teachers and textbook writers with a comprehensive guide to producing dialogues closer to authenticity.

Author Biography

Norbert Bencze, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest

Norbert Bencze (<benczenorbert@gmail.com>) is a doctoral candidate at Eötvös Loránd University and Hungarian as a second language teacher at Eötvös Loránd University and Hungarian Dance University. His research interests lie in Applied Linguistics. His doctoral research is about the analysis of spoken language and the potential of its use in Hungarian language classroom. In addition to discourse analysis, pragmatics and language teaching methodology, he has also been actively involved in the analysis of note-taking in higher education. Between 2019 and 2020 he participated as a coordinator in an international project located in Berlin, named CENTRAL: Hungarian Language in Theory and Practice. From 2019 he is an invited lecturer of the yearly Beijing conference of Hungarian teachers in China. Between 2019 and 2022 he is the president of Linguistic Department in the Association of Hungarian PhD and DLA Candidates, and from 2022 a Board Member in the association, responsible for the coordination of international PhD candidate communities in Hungary.

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Published

2022-12-28

How to Cite

Bencze, N. (2022). Step by Step Toward More Authentic Dialogues in the Language Classroom by Analyzing Acquaintance Dialogues. Studi Finno-Ugrici, n.S., 2, 1–63. https://doi.org/10.6093/1826-753X/9860

Issue

Vol. 2 (2022): SFU – Studi Finno-Ugrici, n.s.

Section

Workshop KorSzak – linguistica dei corpora e glottodidattica dell'Ungherese L2