Do gender-pairings and age/proficiency interplay in LRE production? A preliminary study with young CLIL learners
[EN] Many studies have explored Language-Related Episodes (LREs) during collaborative dialogue. However, research on the factors affecting LRE production in children, especially regarding gender-pairings in CLIL contexts, remains limited (e.g., Martínez-Adrián & Gutiérrez-Mangado, 2022). A...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2025 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV) |
| Repositorio: | RiuNet. Repositorio Institucional de la Universitat Politécnica de Valéncia |
| Idioma: | inglés |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:riunet.upv.es:10251/226092 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://riunet.upv.es/handle/10251/226092 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Young learners Language-related episodes Gender-pairings Proficiency CLIL |
| Sumario: | [EN] Many studies have explored Language-Related Episodes (LREs) during collaborative dialogue. However, research on the factors affecting LRE production in children, especially regarding gender-pairings in CLIL contexts, remains limited (e.g., Martínez-Adrián & Gutiérrez-Mangado, 2022). Also, no studies have tackled the interplay between gender-pairings and age/proficiency in LRE production amongst young learners. To fill this gap, the study involved CLIL learners aged 9 11 who worked in same- and mixed-gender dyads to complete an oral picture-based narrative task. The LREs were analysed based on the amount, nature (meaning vs form) and resolution (target-like, non-target-like or unresolved). The preliminary results indicate that same-gender dyads seem to outperform mixed-gender pairs in both groups as they produce more LREs. Also, as age/proficiency increases, same-gender dyads tend to produce more target-like LREs. Thus, despite significant proficiency differences between both groups, the tendency towards working better in matched-gender pairs seems to persist throughout middle childhood. |
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