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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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Vlasios Kasapakis; Elena Dzardanova; Spyros Vosinakis; Androniki Agelada – Interactive Learning Environments, 2024
Non-Verbal Cues (NVCs) add to communication effectiveness among individuals in both real and virtual world. Thus, NVCs transference between the two receives increased attention from both the industry and research community. Their efforts lead to sophisticated technological solutions which allow high fidelity NVCs to be transferred from real…
Descriptors: Sign Language, Nonverbal Communication, Cues, Computer Simulation
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Rosati-Peterson, Gloria L.; Piro, Jody S.; Straub, Carrie; O'Callaghan, Catherine – Cogent Education, 2021
The purpose of this mixed method embedded design study was to examine the effect of a treatment package consisting of video and reflection, video feedback, and coaching on pre-service teachers' use of nonverbal immediacy behaviors as they delivered lessons to student avatars in mixed reality simulations. Pre-service teachers delivered lessons at…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Nonverbal Communication, Preservice Teacher Education, Feedback (Response)
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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)