岩田 夏穂

In conversation, various types of understanding problems occur. Participants try to solve these problems locally through verbal and non-verbal means (e.g., gesture, gaze). Competence in solving problems is as important as knowledge of vocabulary and grammar for language learners. Japanese language learners, however, have limited opportunities to learn how to solve interactional problems with co-participants. Focusing on this question of "solving interactional problems", we explore a new textbook on conversation in second language based on "conversation analysis" (CA). In this presentation we show some important features of the textbook with analysis of conversational data between native and non-native speakers.