Volume 29 Number 2, February 2025 Special Issue: Indigenous Languages and Less Commonly Taught Languages (LCTLs) with Technology Strategies for effective communication in Dutch as a lingua franca telecollaboration

Strategies for effective communication in Dutch as a lingua franca telecollaboration

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Volume 29 Number 2, February 2025 Special Issue: Indigenous Languages and Less Commonly Taught Languages (LCTLs) with Technology
contributor.author:
Wach, Aleksandra de Louw, Robertus Buczak, Mikołaj Loosen, Gert
date.accessioned:
2025-01-29T01:59:41Z
date.available:
2025-01-29T01:59:41Z
date.issued:
2025-02-01
description.abstract:
Taking the interactionist perspective, this study investigates the use of communication strategies in Dutch as a lingua franca videoconferencing discussions within a telecollaboration project between Polish and Hungarian learners (N = 21). Specifically, the study explores the types and frequencies of the strategies used, the influence of the proficiency factor on strategy choice, and participants’ reflections on the exchanges and accounts of strategy application. Qualitative data, collected through recordings of the videoconferencing sessions and post-exchange interviews with the Polish participants (n = 13), underwent a content analysis and were quantified to detect frequencies of strategy use. The results reveal a range of strategies with a primary focus on the fluency and naturalness of the interactions, and the emergence of a special category of videoconferencing-related strategies. A certain influence of proficiency on the volume and choice of strategy use was also found, and the interviews revealed a positive role of the lingua-franca context and of metacognitive pre-exchange strategies in enhancing learners’ confidence and communicative effectiveness. The results have practical implications for the use of computer-mediated communication options for authentic language practice in the learning of less commonly taught languages.
endingpage:
103
format.extent:
27
identifier.citation:
Wach, A., De Louw, R., Buczak, M. & Loosen, G. (2025). Strategies for effective communication in Dutch as a lingua franca telecollaboration. Language Learning & Technology, 29(2), 76–103. https://hdl.handle.net/10125/73612
identifier.issn:
1094-3501
identifier.uri:
https://hdl.handle.net/10125/73612
number:
2
publicationname:
Language Learning & Technology
publisher:
University of Hawaii National Foreign Language Resource Center Center for Language & Technology
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Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License
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https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
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/item/10125-73612/
startingpage:
76
subject:
Dutch as a Lingua Franca Communication Strategies Telecollaboration Less Commonly Taught Languages
title:
Strategies for effective communication in Dutch as a lingua franca telecollaboration
type:
Article
type.dcmi:
Text
volume:
29