Repairing Schemes between Interaction and Interactivity-On Collaborative Learning in Pair Work with an Educational Software for Oral Comprehension

A specific situation of learning has been analysed, in reference to the traditional classroom, based on the notions of reparation & readjustement. The activity described relies on the use of an educational software for oral comprehension, based on television reports & forms to be filled in. This activity is organized in pairs. The different characteristics of repairing schemes in traditional language class & in authentic communication are briefly described. Then a comparison is made thanks to the analysis of the transcription of the conversations that have taken place around a specific aid & in a very different situation. This comparison is made taking into account the following questions: the organisation of the repairing scheme & the origin of reparations, the aim of such reparations (see Bange's bifocalisation), & the form taken by the reparations (injunction or incentive? Positive or negative judgement?). In our second part, our aim is to focus on the specificities of the reparations in such a setting & to work out the way oral comprehension is considered.The aim is to relate the change in the type of aid & context with the reparing schemes used in language learning. 13 References. Adapted from the source document