Stating and Supporting Opinions in an Interview

L1 and L2 Japanese Speakers

Bibliographic Data

ID8937892
AuthorsNoriko Iwasaki (0000-0002-4233-9788, University of London, corresponding author)
Year2009
Volume42
Issue3
Pages541-556
Publication date2009-08-28
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueForeign Language Annals (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0015-718X • E-ISSN: 1944-9720
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.1944-9720.2009.01032.x
OpenAlexW1964877150
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited11

Stating and supporting opinions are important speech acts for language learners to develop. This article examines how speakers of Japanese as their first language (L1) state and support their opinions. Performances of second language (L2) learners of Japanese were also examined to identify the language abilities that L2 learners may need to develop. While L1 speakers often sought common ground using various mitigation devices such as ‐zyanai desu ka (“isn't the case that”), ‐yone (“y'know”), and the modal adverb yappari (“after all, as expected”), L2 learners enrolled in a 4th‐year Japanese course rarely sought common ground using these devices. In order to help L2 learners develop their ability to state and support opinions in a socioculturally appropriate way, it is important to provide guided opportunities for them to produce discourse‐level exchanges beyond sentence‐level opinion statements

Adverb · Common ground · Comprehension approach · First language · Language education · Language transfer · Linguistics · Pedagogy · Second language · Sentence · Verb · Communication · Discourse Analysis in Language Studies · EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies · Psychology

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