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A Tale of Two Communities: Group Dynamics and Community Building in a Spanish-English Telecollaboration
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Darhower, Mark – CALICO Journal, 2007
This study provides a theory-driven account of community building in a bilingual telecollaborative chat setting. A symmetrical arrangement of 70 L1 English learners of Spanish and L1 Spanish learners of English engaged in weekly Internet chat sessions in small groups. The learning metaphors of community and participation serve as the theoretical…
Descriptors: Computer Mediated Communication, Second Language Learning, Group Dynamics, English (Second Language)