Speaker
Russell Chan
Description
NUFS GSS. This presentation reports on an action research project investigating how recursive practice supported students’ interactional competence in a Japanese university oral communication course. Students practiced open conversations through repeated five-minute speaking rounds with different partners while learning conversation strategies such as rejoinders, shadowing, follow-up questions, confirmation questions, and elaboration. Findings from recordings, questionnaires, and reflective interviews suggest that recursive practice helped students notice language, ask more questions, and maintain conversations with more confidence.
Authors
Kevin Ottoson
(Nagoya University of Foreign Studies)
Patrick Kiernan
(Meiji University)
Russell Chan