Mediating Discourse Online

Editor

Sally Magnan Pierce | University of Wisconsin, Madison

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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.

[AILA Applied Linguistics Series, 3] 2008. vii, 364 pp.

Publishing status: Available

https://doi.org/10.1075/aals.3

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements | p. vii

Introduction

Sally Magnan Pierce | pp. 1–11

Overview of existing research

Computer-mediated discourse in instructed environments

Dorothy M. Chun | pp. 15–45

Research perspectives on online discourse and foreign language learning

Carl S. Blyth | pp. 47–70

Creating collaboration

Postcards from the (turbulent) edge (of chaos): Complexity theory and computer mediated communication

Neil H. Johnson | pp. 73–92

Interpersonal and intercultural understanding in a blended second culture classroom

Kara McBride and Mary E. Wildner-Bassett | pp. 93–123

Creating comfort zones of orality in online discussion forums

Anja Wanner | pp. 125–149

Co-constructing interaction

Use of communication strategies in a synchronous CMC environment

Claudia R. Kost | pp. 153–189

Online discourse strategies: A longitudinal study of computer-mediated foreign language learning

Nelleke Van Deusen-Scholl | pp. 191–217

Negotiating meaningfulness: An enhanced perspective on interaction in computer-mediated foreign language learning environments

Jonathon S. Reinhardt | pp. 219–244

Foreign language resistance: Discourse analysis of online classroom peer interaction

Robin Worth | pp. 245–271

Mediating Social Spaces

Using instant messaging interaction (IMI) in intercultural learning

Li Jin | pp. 275–304

Transcultural communication in open internet environments and massively multiplayer online games

Steven L. Thorne | pp. 305–327

Ethical Ramifications of Work in Online Environments

Online interactions and L2 Learning: Some ethical challenges for L2 researchers

Lourdes Ortega and Eve Zyzik | pp. 331–355

Index | pp. 357–364

“ Mediating Discourse Online is an excellent, comprehensive collection of the latest research on computer-mediated communication in foreign language learning. The contributions are clearly written and provide a very broad coverage of relevant issues, approaches, and methodologies.”

Richard F. Young is Professor of English Linguistics and Second Language Acquisition at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

“By combining an impressive range of relevant literature with competent data analysis, ''Mediating Discourse Online'' succeeds marvelously incontributing to a deeper understanding of the language-culture-technology triptych. What is more, and as Thorne puts it forcefully, it provides fertile soil for further research, especially on learning in non-institutionalized digital settings, such as online games. It is highly recommended to all those who wish to abide by the urgent need to keep up with ''an increasingly networked, electronic, and globalized age'' (Lam 2000: 458) and broaden their scholarly knowledge about online discourse and its mechanisms.”

Mariza Georgalou, on Linguist List, 19.3871, 2009

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