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Using Skype to Focus on Form in Japanese Telecollaboration: Lexical Categories as a New Task Variable

Using Skype to Focus on Form in Japanese Telecollaboration: Lexical Categories as a New Task Variable

Yuka Akiyama
Copyright: © 2019 |Pages: 31
ISBN13: 9781522576631|ISBN10: 1522576630|EISBN13: 9781522576648
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-7663-1.ch029
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Akiyama, Yuka. "Using Skype to Focus on Form in Japanese Telecollaboration: Lexical Categories as a New Task Variable." Computer-Assisted Language Learning: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications, edited by Information Resources Management Association, IGI Global, 2019, pp. 617-647. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-7663-1.ch029

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Akiyama, Y. (2019). Using Skype to Focus on Form in Japanese Telecollaboration: Lexical Categories as a New Task Variable. In I. Management Association (Ed.), Computer-Assisted Language Learning: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications (pp. 617-647). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-7663-1.ch029

Chicago

Akiyama, Yuka. "Using Skype to Focus on Form in Japanese Telecollaboration: Lexical Categories as a New Task Variable." In Computer-Assisted Language Learning: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications, edited by Information Resources Management Association, 617-647. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2019. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-7663-1.ch029

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Abstract

This chapter examines the effects of lexical categories on Focus on Form (FonF) and the use of multimodal features of Skype for preemptive and reactive Language-Related Episodes (LREs) in a task-based language exchange via Skype (i.e. telecollaboration). Twelve pairs of Japanese-as-a-foreign-language learners and native speakers of Japanese engaged in two decision-making tasks. Each task prompt included target vocabulary of different lexical categories (nouns or onomatopoeia) that participants had to negotiate for task completion. The quantitative analysis of oral interaction revealed a significant effect of lexical categories on the total number and linguistic focus (i.e. morphological, lexical, and phonological items) of preemptive LREs, as well as the correction method, linguistic focus, and the uptake rate of reactive LREs. The analysis of multimodal interaction revealed that participants often used text chat, images, and webcams to carry out telecollaborative interaction and that the lexical categories affected which of these multimodal features of Skype are used for FonF.

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