Learner Use of Holistic Language Units in Multimodal, Task-Based Synchronous Computer-Mediated Communication

Second language acquisition (SLA) researchers strive to understand the language and exchanges that learners generate in synchronous computer-mediated communication (SCMC). Doughty and Long (2003) advocate replacing open-ended SCMC with task-based language teaching (TBLT) design principles. Since mos...

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Main Author: Karina Collentine
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Hawaii 2009-06-01
Series:Language Learning and Technology
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Online Access:http://llt.msu.edu/vol13num2/collentine.pdf