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Assessed real time language speaking
1. Assessed real-time language learning tasks online: How do learners prepare? Joseph Hopkins eLC Update meeting 24/03/2011 edulab@uoc.edu
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3. Background Espai de paginació 2 / 25 The problem: Oral interaction in distance language learning courses The study: Student-led speaking tasks via a synchronous audio-graphic conferencing tool Main research questions: Student perceptions Nature of interaction Collateral issue: Student preparation
10. Distribution of instances of negotiation for meaning by task Espai de paginació 2 / 25 Mann-Whitney test showed difference was statistically significant with a strong effect size for task: U = 293.5, p < .000, r = -.49
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Editor's Notes
Affordance of aCMC: time to reflect on messages before sending them. But what happens when ss need to think on their feet in real-time speaking activities? In another language? And when they’re being recorded and assessed?
Negotiation for meaning: Occur when there is a breakdown in communication (what does X mean? Could you repeat? I didn’t understand you?) Repairs make linguistic input comprehensible. Comprehensible input is a crucial requirement for language acquisition.
Tasks sent a few days ahead of time. Time: exchange of opinions/experiences Survival: ranking/group decisions
Developed by Knowledge Media Institute at the Open University UK Webcam not required.
Interviews Analysis of recordings
5 from time task scripted answers
What was interaction like?
Given that students will prepare for assessed speaking tasks online…