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Input, Interaction, and Second Language Production

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 November 2008

Susan M. Gass  and
Evangeline Marlos Varonis
Susan M. Gass
Affiliation:
Michigan State University
Evangeline Marlos Varonis
Affiliation:
University of Akron
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The role of conversational interactions in the development of a second language has been central in the recent second language acquisition literature. While a great deal is now known about the way in which nonnative speakers interact with native speakers and other nonnative speakers, little is known about the lasting effects of these interactions on a nonnative's linguistic development. This paper specifically investigates the relationship among input, interaction, and second language production. Through data from native–nonnative speaker interactions in a direction-giving task, we show that both modified input and interaction affect task performance. However, only interaction has an effect on subsequent task performance.

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Studies in Second Language Acquisition , Volume 16 , Issue 3 , September 1994 , pp. 283 - 302
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