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It is desirable that more authentic and interactive conversational practices should be examined through the interactive and sequential contexts in non-native speakers. This research attempts to explore the question-answer practices to negotiate meaning in other-repair structures in English conversation between non-native speakers whose native language is Korean. English data from six groups are transcribed and analysed, applying conversation analysis (CA) as a methodology. The analysis of spoken discourse shows that the conversational practices of turn-taking system between Korean learners (KLs) are similar to the organization of ordinary conversation, although they manage to interact with incompetent communicative competence. Concerning the types of questions-answer in other-repair sequences for meaning negotiation, KLs ask next turn repair initiator (NTRI) questions such as, what or huh, partial or full repetition of the prior speaker’s turn, and appender question types in sequential and interactional contexts. KLs use the partial or full repetition strategies of the prior turn far more frequently than other question types in other-repair sequences. Finally, this study of question-answer sequences shows an interactive nature in KLs, suggesting the need to explore the interaction between non-native speakers in pedagogical implications.