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Title |
Title of document |
Interactional Features of Synchronous Computer-Mediated Communication in the Intermediate L2 Class: A Sociocultural Case Study - Landmarks in CALL Research |
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Creator |
Author's name, affiliation, country |
Mark Darhower; United States |
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Subject |
Discipline(s) |
Linguistics |
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Keyword(s) |
Synchronous Computer-Mediated Communication (CMC); Chat; Vygotskian Sociocultural Theory; Discourse Analysis |
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Subject |
Subject classification |
Language Learning |
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Description |
Abstract |
This study explores social interactive features of synchronous computer- mediated communication (CMC)—commonly known as “chat”—as such features unfolded in real time and developed over a nine-week period in two fourth-semester college Spanish classes. The study invoked the Vygotskian sociocultural theoretical framework and employed discourse analysis as a research tool to describe and explain outstanding features of chat room communication. Specific interactional features examined are intersubjectivity, off-task discussion, greetings and leave-takings, identity exploration and role play, humor and sarcasm, and use of the L1 (English). Through these communicative behaviors, learners appropriated the chat room environment, transforming it into a learner-centered discourse community governed by communicative autonomy and the use of language and discourse functions that go beyond those encountered in the typical L2 classroom. |
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Publisher |
Organizing agency, location |
Equinox Publishing Ltd |
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Date |
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18-Mar-2016 |
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Type |
Status & genre |
Peer-reviewed Article |
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Format |
File format |
PDF |
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Identifier |
Uniform Resource Identifier |
https://journals.equinoxpub.com/index.php/books/article/view/28168 |
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Identifier |
Digital Object Identifier |
10.1558/equinox.28168 |
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Source |
Journal/conference title; vol., no. (year) |
Equinox eBooks Publishing; Landmarks in CALL Research |
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Language |
English=en |
en |
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Coverage |
Geo-spatial location, chronological period, research sample (gender, age, etc.) |
twentieth and twenty-first centuries |
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Rights |
Copyright and permissions |
Copyright 2014 Equinox Publishing Ltd |