Second Life, World of Warcraft, and Facebook are where digital natives dwell. However, research methods and data analysis tools lag behind development of these virtual communities. In this paper, we will situate Transana video/audio analytic tool in the analysis of language learner virtual (inter)actions in Second Life.

1. New Methods And New Research Questions For Studying Virtual Environments Dongping Zheng Department of Second Language Studies University of Hawaii David Woods University of Wisconsin LLCMC, Hawaii, October 13 , 2009

5. How do we measure success in virtual worlds?

6. Communicative Projects (Luckmann, 1995; Linell 2009) Action agenda (rather than a topic agenda) Nested in local and global projects

7. Action-Relevant Episodes (Barab, Hay & Yamagata-Lynch, 2001) Nodes for each Initiator

9. Discourse Analysis (Gee, 1996) Language + other stuff (action, interaction, values, beliefs, symbols, objects, tools, and places

10. Activity Theory (Engeström, 1987, 1988, 1993; Kuttii, 1996) Figure from Lantolf & Thorne, 2006

11. Unit of Analysis Perception and Action cycle : Parity (Shaw, Kadar, Sim, & Repperger,1992; Kulikowich & Young, 2001; Fowler, 2009)

14. Transcribing and Coding Action transcripts Interact transcripts Keyword groups Keywords

18. Parallel interaction (Reed, 1996)

19. Collectivized interaction (Reed, 1996) It is in the recognition of a task and it process that Reed believes counts as a collectivization of effort

21. Kate

22. Kyle

23. Al

24. What kind of research questions can we ask? Interact initiators and practices Language and practices Practices and tool use Interaction and values…

25. Transana 2.4 Allows to transcribe multiple video data

28. Flow Zone for Game Design http://www.jenovachen.com/flowingames/introduction.htm

29. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flow_%28psychology%29

30. Non-Linear Trajectory and Emergent Goals Heterarchical Value-realizing