This article explores a small corpus of transcripts of spoken informal and formal Skype interactions between second-year students of Mediazione Linguistica e Culturale at the University of Padua (Italy). It investigates the learners’ use of discourse markers and their politeness strategies, and discusses some implications for teaching and assessing interactive oral skills at a university level.
Investigating a corpus of Italian university students’ spoken interactions in English
CASTELLO, ERIK
2015
Abstract
This article explores a small corpus of transcripts of spoken informal and formal Skype interactions between second-year students of Mediazione Linguistica e Culturale at the University of Padua (Italy). It investigates the learners’ use of discourse markers and their politeness strategies, and discusses some implications for teaching and assessing interactive oral skills at a university level.File in questo prodotto:
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