Volume 23 Number 3, October 2019 Special Issue: New Developments in Virtual Exchange in Foreign Language Education Engagement and Attitude in Telecollaboration: Topic and cultural background effects

Engagement and Attitude in Telecollaboration: Topic and cultural background effects

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Volume 23 Number 3, October 2019 Special Issue: New Developments in Virtual Exchange in Foreign Language Education
contributor.author:
Oskoz, Ana Gimeno-Sanz, Ana
date.accessioned:
2019-10-22T17:11:55Z
date.available:
2019-10-22T17:11:55Z
date.issued:
2019-10-17
description.abstract:
This study examines the linguistic resources by which foreign language (L2) learners express their ideological positions in online discussions taking place in a telecollaborative encounter during one semester. More specifically, the study attempts to decipher how L2 learners discuss and argue their points of view regarding their first culture, their second culture, and the topic in general, depending on the issueunder discussion (immigration and nationalism or patriotism) and to the country where the learners were based (US or Spain). Twenty-four learners, organized into six groups, each with two students from the US and two from Spain, participated in three online forums. For the analysis,learners’postings were subjected to quantitative and qualitative content analysisapplying two discourse-semantic subsystems of the Appraisal framework, Engagement—the linguistic resources used to reflect the writer’s position and willingness to recognize alternative positions—and Attitude—the linguistic resources used to indicate positive or negative assessment of people, places, things, and states of affairs. This study concludes that there were clear differences in the discursive styles between both setsof learners and topics. Overall, for instance, the learners employed more monoglossic statements when discussing nationalism or patriotismrather than immigration and Spain-based learners made more use of judgment markers than their US-based counterparts did.
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identifier.citation:
Oskoz, A., & Gimeno-Sanz, A. (2019). Engagement and Attitude in Telecollaboration: Topic and cultural background effects. Language Learning & Technology, 23(3), 136–160. http://hdl.handle.net/10125/44700
identifier.doi:
10125/44700
identifier.issn:
1094-3501
identifier.uri:
http://hdl.handle.net/10125/44700
number:
3
publicationname:
Language Learning & Technology
publisher:
University of Hawaii National Foreign Language Resource Center University of Texas at Austin Center for Open Educational Resources and Language Learning
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/item/10125-44700/
startingpage:
136
subject:
Intercultural Telecollaborative Encounter Appraisal Framework Engagement Attitude
title:
Engagement and Attitude in Telecollaboration: Topic and cultural background effects
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Article
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Text
volume:
23