Communication strategies in a multimodal virtual communication context  

Oleh:

Shih, Ya-Chun

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: SYSTEM: An International Journal of Educational Technology and Applied Linguistics (Full Text) vol. 42 (2014), page 34-47.
Topik: Computer-mediated communication; Communication strategy; Virtual environment; Multimodal communication
Fulltext: 1-s2.0-S0346251X1300153X-main.pdf (1.36MB)

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Using VEC3D as a platform, this study examines the influence of task type on the use of communication strategies (CSs) in a 3D virtual environment that enables English as a Foreign Language learners to employ multiple communication modalities. A curriculum based on a communicative, interactive, task-based, and computer-mediated approach to CSs and language acquisition is developed and implemented in conjunction with a comprehensive framework for analyzing CS use in this innovative virtual environment setting. Analysis of the data provides information about learners’ use of various CSs during synchronous computer-mediated communication. The findings shed light on how task type influences learners’ use of verbal CSs, including gambits/fillers, appealing for assistance, paraphrasing, borrowing, avoidance, and all-purpose words, as well as non-verbal CSs in the form of haptics, kinesics, paralanguage, and object communication, as means of avoiding communication breakdowns during virtual events. The results reveal that roleplay tasks elicited more CS use from learners than open-ended discussion tasks.

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