Chapter 2

Pre reading answers

1. Yes, it is. Because it is an important aspect of conversation
techniques, which enabled to start and remain involved in a
conversation.
2. Learning objectives, activities (play game), assessment method.
3. No, I knew no one who has turn-taking behaviour that frustrates me.

Post reading answers

1. The basic unit of a turn constructional unit (TCU),the resources for
projecting their possible completions are grammar,
intonation ,pragmatics or non-verbal conduct.
2. Preliminaries
3. Current selects-next , next speaker-self selection , and current
speaker continues. The practices that can be applied while teaching
turn-taking conversation are project turn completions , self-select,
and build multi-unit turns.
4. This chapter has a detail explanation about turn-taking in
conversation which make me easier to understand this materials.

5. The other ways to teach turn-taking:

 Use a visual cue to indicate whose turn it is
 Use turn taking language (my turn, your turn)
 Model turn taking
 Play games
 Use a social story to explain why and how to take turns
 Use a timer to indicate how long each turn will be
 Communicating and describing turns (first it is A's turn, then it
is yours)
6. There’s no other question, because the explanation is quite clear and I
can understand the material well.