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Task Types and Children’s Participation in the Chat Room
고영인 한국영어교육학회 2008 ENGLISH TEACHING(영어교육) Vol.63 No.4
This paper examined how L2 learners responded to different types of tasks when engaged in synchronous computer-mediated communication (CMC) discussions. The study consisted of two individual case studies with nine elementary children, each of whom participated in 10 chat sessions, producing 20 CMC sessions in total. Each session involved three types of tasks, including a general topic discussion task, a story completion task, and a scenario discussion task. The children’s participation was described by counting the number of messages, words, as well as length of comments. Their thoughts and reactions to tasks were supported by interview data, questionnaires, essay, and my field notes. The findings suggested that children in Case Study 1 were most active when they were engaged in the topic discussion task and least active in story completion task. On the other hand, story completion task was most intriguing to children in Case Study 2. For both groups of children, the scenario discussion activity was generally agreed upon as the most challenging task though possibly as the most helpful task to potentially enhance their English.
Listening to their stories: Children's reaction to electronic conversations
고영인 한국멀티미디어언어교육학회 2008 Multimedia Assisted Language Learning Vol.11 No.2
This study reports on young second language (L2) learners' reactions and impressions of online chat based on two case studies. A total of nine children participated in ten synchronous computer-mediated communication (CMC) sessions on Blackboard. Main data sources included the children's electronic texts from the chat room, questionnaires, interview transcripts, essays, and the researcher's field notes. The results showed that the children thought of electronic conversation as fun and interesting because they could freely express and discuss their ideas in the chat room. Among many advantages identified by the participants, it was interesting to note that the children had positive beliefs about CMC's potential in helping them enhance their English skills. Whereas to some the fun of getting to chat online with other friends was an attractive feature, others mentioned social distance caused by online conversation. Seven out of the nine children indicated that they would like to try online chat again if they were given another chance in the future.