CONVERSATIONS -- AND NEGOTIATED INTERACTION -- IN TEXT AND VOICE CHAT ROOMS

Despite the expanded use of the Internet for language learning and practice, little attention if any has been given to the quality of interaction among English L2 speakers in conversational text or voice chat rooms. This study explored the patterns of repair moves in synchronous non-native speaker (...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kevin Jepson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Hawaii 2005-09-01
Series:Language Learning and Technology
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Online Access:http://llt.msu.edu/vol9num3/pdf/jepson.pdf