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Developing Intercultural Communicative Competence through Online Exchanges
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Chun, Dorothy M. – CALICO Journal, 2011
Based on Byram's (1997) definition of intercultural communicative competence (ICC) and on specific types of discourse analysis proposed by Kramsch and Thorne (2002) and Ware and Kramsch (2005), this article explores how online exchanges can play a role in second language learners' development of pragmatic competence and ICC. With data obtained…
Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, Communicative Competence (Languages), German, English (Second Language)
Does CMC Promote Language Play? Exploring Humor in Two Modalities
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Vandergriff, Ilona; Fuchs, Carolin – CALICO Journal, 2009
In view of the growing body of research on humor and language play in computer-mediated communication (CMC) which--more than any other medium--has been associated with goofing off, joking, and other nonserious communication, this paper compares spontaneous foreign language play (L2 play) in text-only synchronous computer-mediated versus…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Computer Mediated Communication, Humor, Comparative Analysis