Towards a Working Definition of Negotiation in Telecollaboration: Analysis of Teletandem Oral Sessions

As digital techonology advances, geographically distant learners have been engaging in cross-cultural communication and negotiation via telecollaborative projects. Research has shown that of meaning is crucial for effective these scenarios, nonetheless, more studies are needed to investigate other types negotiation, given its importance establishing cooperation. This paper aims at exploring the patterns between dyads 10 sessions selected from Multimodal Teletandem Corpus provides a working definition telecollaboration. Participants, who were university students Brazil abroad enrolled language classes, met online help with practicing each other’s expected exchange information about themselves first synchronous session. Through qualitative analysis transcripts sessions, we identified moments which conversation was suspended negotiate meaning, technology issues, separation languages, aspects related tasks requested by their professors. Our shows telecollaboration may be motivated internal conversation, such as or external factors, problems equipments, tasks, deciding speak. Findings suggest serves an essential purpose it allows participants make collaborative decisions resolve conflicts that, otherwise, could prevent continue. Results prove useful researchers practicioners interested telecollaboration, design guide through learning contexts.