Interaction: Activity 1
Noticing corrective feedback
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Uptake occurs when a learner repeats some corrective feedback. The presence of uptake in learner interaction demonstrates that the learner has noticed the correction. Consider the interaction below between Henry and Raúl, and answer the question below the table.
| Task | Line # | |
| Jigsaw | 7 | H: ...arriba, hay dos, dos arbóles verdes y um...hay, hay uh, un, ¿qué más? ... |
| 33 | H: ...uh, hay unas, hay unas arbóles que no, no están muy cerca | |
| 71 72 |
Sí es uh, no puedo ver todo el- todos los árboles, pero puedo ver dos partes de dos arbóles. | |
| 81 82 83 |
H: Uh, cerca?...cerca, casa,arbóles? R: dosárboles, dosárboles, sí. H: |
Does Henry notice the difference betweenarbólesandárbolesin this recast given by Raúl? Explain.
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Henry’s error, repeated several times (lines 7, 33, 71, 72 and 81), is placing the stress on the wrong syllable in the wordarbóles.Raúl does not correct this until the error occurs in line 81. Then Raúl gives corrective feedback to Henry with a recast, putting stress on the first syllable:árboles.在那里isn’t any evidence that Henry notices this correction since he doesn’t try to say this word again -- in other words, there’s no uptake.
Do you think this lack of noticing means a lack of acquisition? Or do you think this corrective feedback might still be effective on an unconscious level?
