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Language Testing in Asia

Table 9 Transcription Conventions (Paul 2007)

From: How interactive discussions support writing development: the application of Dynamic Assessment for learning Chinese rhetoric

(.)

Micropause (less than 0.2 s)

(2.0)

Timed pause (longer than 0.2 s)

(word)

Unclear speech. The transcription is a phonetic approximation of the word or string of sounds.

(())

Transcriber’s notes, comments, descriptions.

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