Advising for Language Learning: Interactive Characteristics and Negotiation Procedures

F. Kjisik, P. Voller, N. Aoki and Y. Nakata (eds)The aim of this article is to show the essential part that verbal interaction plays in language advising. It is through the specific interactional characteristics of the "advising conversation" that language advisers are able to help learners without taking control or imposing decisions, thus making advising sessions a meaningful developmental resource for learners. Ffirst a synthetic description of the nature of language advising is given. Then extracts from five advising conversations that took place between a specific adviser/learner pair are analyzed. Finally, more general conclusions are drawn, which discuss aspects of the language interaction for advising and some requisites for advising conversations