ABSTRACT

This article is an investigation into the characteristics of intercultural competence in a face-to-face tandem language learning context between English and Chinese postgraduate students. It examines idiomatic meaning exchanges through the adoption of a conversation analytical perspective. It is a contribution to the existing body of knowledge on intercultural competence and on tandem language learning. However, unlike previous research in this field, this research uses a micro-analytical account of ‘repair’, ‘turn taking practices’, and ‘preference organisation’ in order to unravel the cultural differences between the participants and the ways in which they orient to them in a face-to-face tandem language learning context.

摘要

本文是对英语和中文研究生之间面对面的串联语言学习环境中跨文化能力特征的调查。它通过对话分析的视角来研究习语意义的交流。它对跨文化能力和串联语言学习的现有知识体系做出了贡献。但是，与之前在该领域的研究不同，本研究使用微观分析来说明“维修”，“转弯实践”和“偏好组织”，以阐明参与者之间的文化差异以及他们定位的方式在面对面的串联语言学习环境中与他们交流。