An investigation of the private speech phenomenon in the collaborative interaction of Iranian adult EFL learners

The purpose of this study was to investigate the use of private speech in collaborative interactions of Iranian adult EFL learners. More specifically, it examined (a) if adult EFL learners used private speech during task completion, (b) whether they externalised their private speech in Persian (L1)...

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Main Authors:	Abadikhah, Shirin, Khorshidi, Afsaneh
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Pusat Pengajian Bahasa dan Linguistik, FSSK, UKM 2013
Online Access:	http://journalarticle.ukm.my/6585/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/6585/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/6585/1/2613-9493-2-PB.pdf

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spelling	ukm-65852016-12-14T06:41:36Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/6585/ An investigation of the private speech phenomenon in the collaborative interaction of Iranian adult EFL learners Abadikhah, Shirin Khorshidi, Afsaneh The purpose of this study was to investigate the use of private speech in collaborative interactions of Iranian adult EFL learners. More specifically, it examined (a) if adult EFL learners used private speech during task completion, (b) whether they externalised their private speech in Persian (L1) or English (L2), and (c) if there is any relationship between the amount of private speech and successful task completion. Twelve female EFL learners from two proficiency levels - advanced (3 pairs) and beginner (3 pairs) - took part in this study. The learners’ conversations were audio and video-recorded during the completion of a picture description task. The peer-peer interaction was transcribed and analysed for the occurrence of private speech. The results indicated that both groups employed private speech during task completion; however, the advanced learners externalised it predominantly in English. Although no relationship was found between the amount of private speech and successful task completion, the use of private speech helped them get control over the task. Pusat Pengajian Bahasa dan Linguistik, FSSK, UKM 2013 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/6585/1/2613-9493-2-PB.pdf Abadikhah, Shirin and Khorshidi, Afsaneh (2013) An investigation of the private speech phenomenon in the collaborative interaction of Iranian adult EFL learners. 3L; Language,Linguistics and Literature,The Southeast Asian Journal of English Language Studies., 19 (3). pp. 71-85. ISSN 0128-5157 http://ejournal.ukm.my/3l/issue/archive
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description	The purpose of this study was to investigate the use of private speech in collaborative interactions of Iranian adult EFL learners. More specifically, it examined (a) if adult EFL learners used private speech during task completion, (b) whether they externalised their private speech in Persian (L1) or English (L2), and (c) if there is any relationship between the amount of private speech and successful task completion. Twelve female EFL learners from two proficiency levels - advanced (3 pairs) and beginner (3 pairs) - took part in this study. The learners’ conversations were audio and video-recorded during the completion of a picture description task. The peer-peer interaction was transcribed and analysed for the occurrence of private speech. The results indicated that both groups employed private speech during task completion; however, the advanced learners externalised it predominantly in English. Although no relationship was found between the amount of private speech and successful task completion, the use of private speech helped them get control over the task.
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author	Abadikhah, Shirin Khorshidi, Afsaneh
spellingShingle	Abadikhah, Shirin Khorshidi, Afsaneh An investigation of the private speech phenomenon in the collaborative interaction of Iranian adult EFL learners
author_facet	Abadikhah, Shirin Khorshidi, Afsaneh
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title	An investigation of the private speech phenomenon in the collaborative interaction of Iranian adult EFL learners
title_short	An investigation of the private speech phenomenon in the collaborative interaction of Iranian adult EFL learners
title_full	An investigation of the private speech phenomenon in the collaborative interaction of Iranian adult EFL learners
title_fullStr	An investigation of the private speech phenomenon in the collaborative interaction of Iranian adult EFL learners
title_full_unstemmed	An investigation of the private speech phenomenon in the collaborative interaction of Iranian adult EFL learners
title_sort	investigation of the private speech phenomenon in the collaborative interaction of iranian adult efl learners
publisher	Pusat Pengajian Bahasa dan Linguistik, FSSK, UKM
publishDate	2013
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An investigation of the private speech phenomenon in the collaborative interaction of Iranian adult EFL learners

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