Table 2.
Example of conversation flow and eye gazes during an utterance in a single turn in L2 conversation
| No. | Speaker | Utterance | A’s gaze | B’s gaze | C’s gaze |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A: | I think that (pause) | B | A | A |
| 2 | A: | Its (pause) | None | None | A |
| 3 | A: | Tool is not important but the person is important to bring the uninhabited island I think for example especially mother (pause) | B → C → B | A | A |
| 4 | A: | To cook (pause) | B | None → A | A |
| 5 | A: | Something (pause) | C | None → A | A |
| 6 | A: | Foods I think umm | B → none → B | A | A |
| 7 | B: | (Overlapped “umm”) In my opinion (pause) | A | A | A → B |
| 8 | B: | A doctor | B | A | B |
None represents objects other than participants A, B, and C. Pause represents the interval between utterances with a speaker in which the duration is more than 500 ms