AN EXAMINATION OF INTERNAL CONVERSATION P ROCESS BETWEEN NATIVE SPEAKER NONNATIVE SPEAKER

The purpose of this paper was to reveal internal conversation process between native speaker/nonnative speaker. In order to investigate inte rnal conversation process, 53 items concerning conversation rules were collected from 6 graduate students. 103 volunteers who taught Japanes e language were asked to rate the importance of each item in three giv en situations; 1) conversation with a Japanese for entertainment, 2) c onversation with Japanese language learners (in Japanese language) for entertainment, and 3) conversation with Japanese language learners (i n Japanese language) for Japanese language practice. By factor analysi s of the rating scores, 7 conversation rules were identified. The resu lts of ANOVA of mean factor score indicated that the importance of eac h rule varied with social context: (a) goal of conversation, (b) Japan ese language proficiency of learners and (c) length of Japanese langua ge teaching.