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This research examines the repair types used by Chinese and Thai English users during dyadic intercultural communication in English.

The Use of Repair in Dyadic ELF Intercultural Communication

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Randomized trial investigates repair types enhancing mutual understanding in dyadic ELF communication, indicating cultural nuances.

This research examines the repair types used by Chinese and Thai English users during dyadic intercultural communication in English.
Qualitative conversation analysis and quantitative discrete analysis were used.
Fifty English users participated, comprised of twenty-five Chinese and twenty-five Thai users.
Daily dyadic ELF conversations were collected for analysis.
Four repair types were identified, with other-initiation self-repairs being most common.
Both groups prioritized mutual understanding, facilitating conversation progress.
Repairs were also used for politeness in ELF intercultural communication.

Zhaoyi Pan (2026) studied this question.

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