Mediating Discourse Online
Published on 21. May 2008
Book
Hardback
364 pages
978-90-272-0519-3 (ISBN)
Description
Information and communication technology is transforming our notion of literacy. In the study of second language learning, there is an acute need to understand how learners collaborate in mediating discourse online. This edited volume offers essays and research studies that lead us to question the borders between speech and writing, to redefine narrative, to speculate on the consequences of many-to-many communication, and to ponder the ethics of researching online interaction. Using diverse technologies (bulletin boards, course management systems, chats, instant messaging, online gaming) and situated in different cultural environments, the studies explore intercultural notions of identity, voice, and collaboration. Although the studies come from varying theoretical perspectives, they point, as a whole, to insights to be gained from an ecological approach to studying how people make discourse online. The volume will especially benefit researchers in the digital arena and instructors who must consider how online interaction affects language learning and use.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Amsterdam
Netherlands
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 245 mm
Width: 164 mm
Weight
815 gr
ISBN-13
978-90-272-0519-3 (9789027205193)
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Sally Sieloff Magnan
Mediating Discourse Online
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05/2008
1st Edition
John Benjamins Publishing Company
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Content
1. Acknowledgements; 2. Introduction (by Magnan Pierce, Sally); 3. Overview of existing research; 4. Computer-mediated discourse in instructed environments (by Chun, Dorothy M.); 5. Research perspectives on online discourse and foreign language learning (by Blyth, Carl S.); 6. Creating collaboration; 7. Postcards from the (turbulent) edge (of chaos): Complexity theory and computer mediated communication (by Johnson, Neil H.); 8. Interpersonal and intercultural understanding in a blended second culture classroom (by McBride, Kara); 9. Creating comfort zones of orality in online discussion forums (by Wanner, Anja); 10. Co-constructing interaction; 11. Use of communication strategies in a synchronous CMC environment (by Kost, Claudia R.); 12. Online discourse strategies: A longitudinal study of computer-mediated foreign language learning (by Deusen-Scholl, Nelleke Van); 13. Negotiating meaningfulness: An enhanced perspective on interaction in computer-mediated foreign language learning environments (by Reinhardt, Jonathon); 14. Foreign language resistance: Discourse analysis of online classroom peer interaction (by Worth, Robin); 15. Mediating Social Spaces; 16. Using instant messaging interaction (IMI) in intercultural learning (by Jin, Li); 17. Transcultural communication in open internet environments and massively multiplayer online games (by Thorne, Steven L.); 18. Ethical Ramifications of Work in Online Environments; 19. Online interactions and L2 Learning: Some ethical challenges for L2 researchers (by Ortega, Lourdes); 20. Index