英文摘要 |
Based on sociocultural theory, this study examines the processes in which learning opportunities are collaboratively constructed during group discussions among 3^rd-year Japanese major students at Taiwanese universities. Using conversation analysis, the study particularly inspects whether and how a learner's use of Chinese may bring the interaction to a ''zone of proximal development.'' The findings show that the learners accomplish utterance constructions through interactive negotiation, depending on whether and how they accept others' assistance. They also prove that learners' attentive participation in ongoing interaction is necessary for facilitating collaborative learning. In addition, depending on learners' understanding of the purpose of the activity, Chinese utterances may not trigger collaborative construction of Japanese utterances. Thus, this study claims that instructors and learners need to clarify the aims of the activities, so that they can share common recognition as to how to treat the use of Chinese during group discussions. |