On the (a)symmetry of FR-ANG-lais pronunciation feedback: a comparative analysis of corrective feedback provided by English-speaking and French-speaking participants during language tandem conversations

Sylwia Scheuer (1) , Céline Horgues (1)

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Our French-English tandem interaction corpus offers a new perspective on how L2 learners receive and use corrective feedback (CF) – especially pronunciation feedback – and also on how native speaking tandem participants, who are not professional language teachers, might serve as efficient CF providers. We video-recorded 21 French-English tandem pairs, each consisting of a native French and a native English student. The tandems were recorded in two sessions, separated by 3 months, each time performing collaborative reading and semi-spontaneous tasks (story-telling and debating) in both languages. We have previously reported on the CF provided by the native English participants, where, pronunciation-wise, the NSs predominantly recast segmental errors (66%), vowels being the prime target. In the present paper we proceed to a comparative study of the participants’ corrective behaviour by examining the French portion of the data.

Mots clés: Corrective feedback CF; tandem learning; L2 French; L2 English; pronunciation errors

Domaines: Linguistique

Sylwia Scheuer, Céline Horgues. On the (a)symmetry of FR-ANG-lais pronunciation feedback: a comparative analysis of corrective feedback provided by English-speaking and French-speaking participants during language tandem conversations. 8th International Symposium on the Acquisition of Second Language Speech, New Sounds 2016, Aarhus, University of Aarhus, Jun 2016, Aarhus, Denmark. pp.164. ⟨halshs-01358315⟩