The Interplay of Tasks, Strategies and Negotiations in Second Life

Autor/in	Chen, Julian ChengChiang
Titel	The Interplay of Tasks, Strategies and Negotiations in Second Life
Quelle	In: Computer Assisted Language Learning, 31 (2018) 8, S.960-986 (27 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Chen, Julian ChengChiang)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0958-8221
DOI	10.1080/09588221.2018.1466810
Schlagwörter	English (Second Language); Second Language Learning; Second Language Instruction; Computer Assisted Instruction; Decision Making; Task Analysis; Correlation; Computer Simulation; Computer Games; Cultural Differences; Teaching Methods; Intercultural Communication; Computer Mediated Communication; Communication Strategies; Persuasive Discourse; Language Processing; Language Patterns; Discourse Analysis + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Computer based training; Computerunterstützter Unterricht; Decision-making; Entscheidungsfindung; Aufgabenanalyse; Korrelation; Computergrafik; Computersimulation; Computer game; Computerspiel; Computerspiele; Kultureller Unterschied; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Interkulturelle Kommunikation; Computerkonferenz; Kommunikationsstrategie; Persuasion; Persuasive Kommunikation; Sprachverarbeitung; Sprachmodell; Sprachstruktur; Diskursanalyse
Abstract	Driven by interactionist theory and operationalized by task-based interaction, this study aims to investigate EFL learners' task-based negotiation in Second Life (SL), a 3D multi-user virtual environment (MUVE). A group of adult EFL learners with diverse cultural/linguistic backgrounds in L1 participated in this task-based virtual class. Learners used avatars to interact with peers in communication tasks via voice chat. Discourse samples were collected through their oral production to examine their language patterns during negotiated interaction. A framework of negotiation of meaning was employed to code and analyze the transcribed data. Two types of negotiation routine were identified: single-layered trigger-resolution sequence and multi-layered trigger-resolution sequence. Specifically, the interrelationship among task types, negotiation and strategy use was also established in the study: jigsaw task prompted the most instances of negotiation and strategy use, followed by information-gap and decision-making tasks, whereas opinion-exchange task triggered the least. This study suggests that two-way directed tasks with convergent, obligatory, single-outcome conditions will stimulate more cognitive and linguistic processes of negotiation involving interactional modifications -- leading to more complex and lengthy negotiation routine. It is concluded that SL as a 3D MUVE is conducive to theoretically-driven, pedagogically-sound, task-based research in language acquisition. (As Provided).
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