Pausing patterns: differences between L2 learners and native speakers.

Autor/in	Tavakoli, Parvaneh
Titel	Pausing patterns: differences between L2 learners and native speakers.
Quelle	In: ELT journal, 65 (2011) 1, S. 71-79 PDF als Volltext Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Beigaben	Anmerkungen 2; Literaturangaben; Tabellen 1
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; gedruckt; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0013-8290; 0307-8337; 0951-0893; 1477-4526
DOI	10.1093/elt/ccq020
Schlagwörter	Bildergeschichte; Erzählen; Sprechpause; Vergleichende Analyse; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Englischunterricht
Abstract	This paper reports on a comparative study of pauses made by L2 learners and native speakers of English while narrating picture stories. The comparison is based on the number of pauses and total amount of silence in the middle and at the end of clauses in the performance of 40 native speakers and 40 L2 learners of English.1 The results of the quantitative analyses suggest that, although the L2 learners generally pause more repeatedly and have longer periods of silence than the native speakers, the distinctive feature of their pausing pattern is that they pause frequently in the middle of clauses rather than at the end. The qualitative analysis of the data suggests that some of the L2 learners' mid-clause pauses are associated with processes such as replacement, reformulation, and online planning. Formulaic sequences, however, contain very few pauses and therefore appear to facilitate the learners' fluency. (Verlag).
Erfasst von	Informationszentrum für Fremdsprachenforschung, Marburg
Update	2022/2