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<jats:p>This teaching unit aims to develop beginning students’ interactional competence in using linguistic resources to show one’s active listenership in conversation. The unit uses naturally occurring conversation as teaching materials and guides students to examine the interactional practices between interlocutors. The activities developed in this unit lead students to notice recipients’ responses toward prior talks, to analyze the actions achieved by verbal responses, and to apply the interactional resources and knowledge when conversing with L1 speakers. The unit was designed based on the research findings of interactional competence (IC) and Conversation Analysis (CA).</jats:p>