Collaborative dialogue between Thai EFL learners during self-access computer activities

Previous studies have shown that second language (L2) learners use language to reflect on language form when they carry out collaborative classroom-based activities, and that they generally remember the language forms that they had discussed. The current study similarly investigated whether learners...

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Main Authors: Kim McDonough, Wichian Sunitham
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spelling th-cmuir.6653943832-488372018-08-16T02:19:01Z Collaborative dialogue between Thai EFL learners during self-access computer activities Kim McDonough Wichian Sunitham Arts and Humanities Social Sciences Previous studies have shown that second language (L2) learners use language to reflect on language form when they carry out collaborative classroom-based activities, and that they generally remember the language forms that they had discussed. The current study similarly investigated whether learners reflect on and remember language forms, but focused on learners' interaction during self-access computer activities. The language-related episodes (LREs) that occurred when Thai learners of English as a foreign language (EFL) (n = 48) carried out computer activities in a self-access environment were examined, and tailor-made tests that targeted the linguistic information discussed in those LREs were administered. The results indicated that the learners' LREs involved lexical items more often than grammatical forms, and that they successfully resolved the majority of their LREs while they were collaborating. However, their test performance indicated that they only remembered less than half of the lexical items and one-third of the grammatical forms that they had discussed. Suggestions are offered for teachers and administers interested in integrating collaborative self-access computer activities into English L2 courses. 2018-08-16T02:05:35Z 2018-08-16T02:05:35Z 2009-01-01 Journal 15457249 00398322 2-s2.0-70350131563 10.1002/j.1545-7249.2009.tb00166.x https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?partnerID=HzOxMe3b&scp=70350131563&origin=inward http://cmuir.cmu.ac.th/jspui/handle/6653943832/48837
institution Chiang Mai University
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Social Sciences
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Social Sciences
Kim McDonough
Wichian Sunitham
Collaborative dialogue between Thai EFL learners during self-access computer activities
description Previous studies have shown that second language (L2) learners use language to reflect on language form when they carry out collaborative classroom-based activities, and that they generally remember the language forms that they had discussed. The current study similarly investigated whether learners reflect on and remember language forms, but focused on learners' interaction during self-access computer activities. The language-related episodes (LREs) that occurred when Thai learners of English as a foreign language (EFL) (n = 48) carried out computer activities in a self-access environment were examined, and tailor-made tests that targeted the linguistic information discussed in those LREs were administered. The results indicated that the learners' LREs involved lexical items more often than grammatical forms, and that they successfully resolved the majority of their LREs while they were collaborating. However, their test performance indicated that they only remembered less than half of the lexical items and one-third of the grammatical forms that they had discussed. Suggestions are offered for teachers and administers interested in integrating collaborative self-access computer activities into English L2 courses.
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Wichian Sunitham
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title_short Collaborative dialogue between Thai EFL learners during self-access computer activities
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