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Chen, Hsin-I; Sevilla-Pavón, Ana – Language Learning & Technology, 2023
This study examines how English-as-lingua-franca (ELF) learners employ semiotic resources, including head movements, gestures, facial expression, body posture, and spatial juxtaposition, to negotiate for meaning in an immersive virtual reality (VR) environment. Ten ELF learners participated in a TaiwanSpain VR virtual exchange project and…
Descriptors: Computer Mediated Communication, Computer Simulation, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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Canals, Laia – Foreign Language Annals, 2021
The present study examines the role that multimodality and translanguaging play in scaffolding oral interactions during language-related episodes (LREs) involving meaning negotiation. The oral tasks carried out using synchronous video-based computer-mediated communication were part of a tandem virtual exchange (Spain, Canada). The participants, 18…
Descriptors: Oral Language, Scaffolding (Teaching Technique), Nonverbal Communication, Code Switching (Language)