Social presence and learner participation in a text chat
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چکیده
‘Integrative CALL’ (Warschauer, 1996) refers to developments in language learning in this phase. The learner is placed in authentic situations where learning simultaneously involves listening, seeing, doing, participating and reflecting. This paper shares some insights into this new paradigm in language learning where the online delivery of a course gives learners more control over their own learning. Extracts of text chats from an online lesson illustrate how learner initiatives can influence teaching and learning in a synchronous online environment. It is suggested that learner participation plays an important role in developing an interesting pedagogy in the online classroom.
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