An ELT Glossary Repair Strategies

Selasa, 10 Maret 2015



A term used in conversational analysis to describe the way participants deal with mistakes, misunderstanding etc during discourse.


Repair strategies may involve :


a) Self repair  - the speaker recognises the problem and corrects/explains herself. Eg :

A: Go straight on to the end of the road and then turn right at the end, by that cafe. No sorry - it isnt there any more. Its a supermarket now. Turn right by the supermarket.


b) Other repair - a listener recognises theres a problem and queries it. Eg :

A : Go straight on to the end of the road and then turn right at the end,
B : Right? Are you sure? Isnt it left?
A : Oh yes, sorry - I meant left.

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