An Exploratory Case Study of the Participation and Interaction Among Elementary School English Language Learners and Native Speakers in Online Discussions

Research studies demonstrate that L2 learners participate more equally when using synchronous computer mediated communication (CMC). However, most of these studies have involved adult students only, in college or university settings. Few have explored the use of synchronous CMC with elementary sch...

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Main Author: Ma, Mei Lan
Other Authors: Gagne, Antoinette
Language:en_ca
Published: 2009
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1807/18103