Electronic Discourse in Language Learning and Language Teaching
Edited by Lee B. Abraham and Lawrence Williams
[Language Learning & Language Teaching, 25] 2009. x, 346 pp.
Lawrence Williams
List of John Benjamins publications for which Lawrence Williams plays a role.
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Subjects Applied linguistics | Discourse studies | Language acquisition | Language teaching | Pragmatics
Articles
2012 Chapter 8. Variationist sociolinguistics, L2 sociopragmatic competence, and corpus analysis of classroom-based synchronous computer-mediated discourse Pragmatic Variation in First and Second Language Contexts: Methodological issues, Félix-Brasdefer, J. César and Dale Koike (eds.), pp. 239–270 | Article
This chapter explores a number of issues related to analyzing second language (L2) sociopragmatic variation in a corpus of classroom-based synchronous computer-mediated discourse (SCMD) from a variationist sociolinguistic perspective. Building on our previous work in this area, we examine variation… read more
2009 The discussion forum as a component of a technology-enhanced Integrated Performance Assessment Electronic Discourse in Language Learning and Language Teaching, Abraham, Lee B. and Lawrence Williams (eds.), pp. 319–344 | Article
This chapter explores the use of online discussion forums as a component of an Integrated Performance Assessment (IPA) (Adair-Hauck, Glisan, Koda, Swender, & Sandrock, 2006; Glisan, Uribe, & Adair-Hauck, 2007) within a (foreign) language curriculum. First, we examine the linguistic, discursive, and… read more
2009 Introduction: Analyzing and exploring electronic discourse Electronic Discourse in Language Learning and Language Teaching, Abraham, Lee B. and Lawrence Williams (eds.), pp. 1–8 | Article
2009 Linguistic and social dimensions of French-language discussion forums Electronic Discourse in Language Learning and Language Teaching, Abraham, Lee B. and Lawrence Williams (eds.), pp. 263–290 | Article
This study explores selected linguistic and social dimensions of 20 French-language discussion forums in order to provide teachers and learners of French with an overview of this relatively new type of online communication space. Although the discussion forum is an older type of computer-mediated… read more
2009 Sociolinguistic variation in French computer-mediated communication: A variable rule analysis of the negative particle ne International Journal of Corpus Linguistics 14:4, pp. 467–491 | Article
The analysis in the present study examines the variable use of ne in 2,459 tokens of verbal negation from a corpus of electronic French discourse including moderated chat, non-moderated chat, and discussion fora. These data from computer-mediated communication (CMC) environments were analyzed in… read more
2009 Navigating and interpreting hypertext in French: New literacies and new challenges Electronic Discourse in Language Learning and Language Teaching, Abraham, Lee B. and Lawrence Williams (eds.), pp. 43–64 | Article
As a point of departure for exploring the challenges of reading and interpreting digital texts, this chapter provides an analysis of the use of the French second-person pronouns tu and vous in French-language hypertext. The results of this study suggest that fundamental differences (e.g.,… read more