The present article attempts to investigate the interactional techniques employed by basic level teachers begin and end English language classes. For this purpose, 15 as Foreign Language (EFL) who have been teaching at in Banke district were purposively selected participants of study. data was collected employing an observational technique. Each observed classes audio recorded then transcribed....

In this paper, we focus on the organization of activities that produce graphical representations on the shared whiteboard of a CSCL system with dual interaction spaces called VMT Chat, and the ways those representations are used as interactional resources by small groups during their collaborative math problem solving work. In particular, we will investigate how actions performed in one medium ...

Questioning practice constitutes one of the typical and fundamental interactional tools in L2 teaching. Much L2 research on teacher questions has been quantitative studies focusing on identifying question types and their roles in language acquisition and meaning negotiation. However, by drawing on conversation analysis within a sociocultural perspective, this study examines qualitatively how EF...

This work analyzes the interactions of small groups of students doing collaborative learning activities in the primary classroom for learning Chinese as a second language. We take the perspective of identifying the characteristics of interactional moves as students interact and negotiate meaning in the computer-mediated collaborative learning (CSCL) environment called GroupScribbles (GS). Much ...

In this paper we describe patterns of spatial co-ordination that, we propose, are a distinctive characteristic of multi-person face-to-face interactions. The data come from a task in which participants describe some simple, non-spatial, computer code in an instructor / learner scenario. Three participants take part; 2 instructors and 1 learner. Using excerpts from these interactions we show tha...

In this study, educational dialogue is explored through informal formative assessment and dialogicity. We enhance the understanding of dialogicity by considering their relationship. Even though interconnection acknowledged, it has not been explicitly examined in research on dialogue. The data consists video-stimulated joint reflections between mathematics student teachers a teacher educator. we...

© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015 N. Boulus-Rødje et al. (eds.), ECSCW 2015: Proceedings of the 14th European Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work, 19–23 September 2015, Oslo, Norway, DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-20499-4_1 Abstract Human Data Interaction (HDI) is an emerging field of research that seeks to support end-users in the day-to-day management of their personal...

Lecturers' abilities to use semiotic resources construct meaning and create engagement play an important role in university classrooms where English is the medium of instruction (EMI). The main focus this study on how EMI lecturers enrolled a professional development program interpersonal engage students through pair work activities. Two analyses were conducted dataset twelve micro-teaching ses...

Speaking as part of a conversation is different from reading out aloud. Speech synthesis systems, however, are typically developed using assumptions (at least implicitly) that are more true of the latter than the former situation. We address one particular aspect, which is the assumption that a fully formulated sentence is available for synthesis. We have built a system that does not make this ...