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This paper aims at presenting an approach, the goal of which is to create interactions between three domains considered as pertaining to Applied Linguistics : discourse analysis, corpus linguistics and second language acquisition. The political debate Question Time is analysed using the software Systemic Coder / UAM Corpus tools (O'Donnell : 2021) with a scheme spanning from discourse genres to stance markers, taking into account positioning processes and accommodation strategies. Each segment is tagged and a database is thus set, enabling statistical outputs. The hypothesis is that the analysis of such a corpus can help transfer strategies to handle the CLES (Higher Education Language Certification) interactions. The construct of the CLES makes it a scenario-based assessment in which the four skills are associated. The final task (B2 exam) consists in arguing in favour of a specific point of view and reach a compromise so as to “solve a societal problem”.

Statistically relevant tagged segments from the corpus are selected and arranged following the CLES interactions pattern, in relation to the concept of accommodation (Giles et al. 1991, Rouveyrol : 2017): divergent accommodation => complex accommodation (towards a compromise) => convergent accommodation. Candidates can therefore select utterances and adopt natural planning strategies inspired from the double inverted pyramid style, which is typical of opinion debates.

The LODIP approach (Rouveyrol : 2021) generally aims at highlighting how corpus linguistics and discourse analysis may contribute to second language acquisition, as the adoption of authentic pragmatic strategies (accommodation, planning, positioning) is favoured.

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Rouveyrol, L. (2012). A propos de la représentation de la langue dans le cadre du CLES. Interaction verbale, interaction sociale ? Cahiers de l'Appliut, Vol XXXVI, N°3 15-30.

Rouveyrol, L. (2017). L'accommodation dans le débat politique Question Time. Quelle modélisation pour quelles stratégies ? Anglophonia N°24 : Modes et stratégies d'accommodation.

Rouveyrol, L. (2021). L'analyse de discours au service de la certification en langues : questionner, débattre en situations contrôlées. Vers une logométrie à visée didactique (LOVID). Monographie originale d'HDR.