Conversation as the Primary Genre of Spoken Communication: From Interactional Foundations to Educational Applications
Abstract
Conversation, while often perceived as an everyday communicative practice, is in fact the fundamental form of spoken language. This article examines it through four dimensions - interactional, social, didactic and formational - showing how it enables co-construction of meaning, regulation of relationships and development of communicative competence. Drawing on interactional linguistics, pragmatics and language education research, the study highlights both the structural complexity and the formative role of conversation across analogue and digital contexts. It argues that, thanks to its flexibility and reflexivity, conversation remains a key tool for teaching and developing communicative competence in a foreign or second language.
Keywords:
communication, interaction, language didactics, pragmatics, digital environmentReferences
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