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The Other C in CMC: What Alternative Data Sources Can Tell Us about Text-Based Synchronous Computer Mediated Communication and Language Learning
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O'Rourke, Breffni – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2008
Most research on text-based synchronous computer-mediated communication (SCMC) in language learning has used output logs as the sole data source. I review interactionist and sociocultural SCMC research, focusing in particular on the question of technological determinism, and conclude that, from whichever perspective, reliance on output logs leads…
Descriptors: Computer Mediated Communication, Computer Interfaces, Computer Assisted Instruction, Second Language Learning