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Learner interaction using email: the effects of task modification

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 May 2005

PAUL KNIGHT
PAUL KNIGHT
Affiliation:
The Centre for Language & Communications, The Open University, Milton Keynes MK7 6AA, [email protected]
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Abstract

This paper outlines the findings of a research project studying the effects of task modification on learner interaction when using email. Taking as its starting point interactionalist theories of SLA, it argues that if those interactional features characteristic of negotiation of meaning which have been identified as promoting SLA are to be preserved when tasks are transferred from a face-to-face spoken environment to a computer-mediated written asynchronous environment, then modifications to the tasks need to be made.

Type
Research Article
Information
ReCALL , Volume 17 , Issue 1 , May 2005 , pp. 101 - 121
Copyright
© 2005 Cambridge University Press

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