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Computer-Mediated Communication and Video Chat

Computer-Mediated Communication and Video Chat . Randall Sadler University of Illinois @ Urbana-Champaign. What is CMC/NBLT?.

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Computer-Mediated Communication and Video Chat

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  1. Computer-Mediated Communication and Video Chat Randall Sadler University of Illinois @ Urbana-Champaign

  2. What is CMC/NBLT? • Computer-Mediated Communication (for language learning) is the use of computers connected by networks to engage in authentic communication with other language learners and/or teachers. “NBLT represents a new and different side of CALL, where human-to-human communication is the focus” (Kern & Warschauer, 2000, p. 1).

  3. How is that different from CALL? • “…CALL has traditionally been associated with self-contained, programmed applications such as tutorials, drills, simulations, instructional games, tests, and so on” (Kern & Warschauer, 2000, p. 1) . • Many of these influenced by The Audiolingual Approach • Aka, Drill and Kill

  4. A VERY short review of research… • Email: Absalon & Marden, 2004; Biesenbach-Lucas & Weasenforth, 2001; Fedderholdt, 2001; O'Dowd, 2003; Shang, 2003 • Message Boards: Benton, 1996; Kamhi-Stein, 2000; Ware, 2004 • MUDs and MOOs: Kötter, 2001b; Peterson, 2001; Weininger & Shield, 2003 • Text Chat: Bearden, 2003; Freiermuth, 2002; Perez, 2003; D. B. Smith, 2001; Tudini, 2003; Williams, 2003

  5. Okay, a fairly short review… • Audio Chat: Cziko & Park, 2003; Hampel & Hauck, 2004; Kötter, 2001a; Kötter, Shield, & Stevens, 1999; Lamy, 2004 • Video Conferencing: Goodfellow et al., 1996; Kinginger, 1998; Matthews, 1998; McAndrew, Foubister, & Mayes, 1996; Egert, 2000 • Video Chat: Wang, 2004

  6. Research Questions • What programs are freely available for engaging in synchronous video chat? • How different are these tools from each other in terms of technical and pedagogical issues? • How suitable are these programs for personal communication? • How suitable are these programs for language teaching purposes?

  7. What did the study do? • Evaluated 8 freely available video chat programs • CU-See Me World • ICQ • MSN Messenger • Paltalk • Skype • Yahoo Messenger

  8. Turkey 8 MATEFL students 4 female & 4 male Taking course on “The use of computers for language learning” US 10 MA TESL students 5 male & 5 female U.S., Argentina, China, Cambodia, and Korea Taking course on “CMC for Language Teaching” Participants

  9. Procedure • Groups of 2-3 students used each program for international communication • Each student completed a 28-item questionnaire for each tool & a final questionnaire • 3,132 item responses total

  10. Results

  11. Paired t-tests15 possible combinations of video tool pairs.

  12. Technical & Use Issues

  13. The Upper 3rd—MSN & Skype (Traditional)

  14. What they liked/disliked • High audio and video quality • Ability to make landline calls • Familiarity • No possibility for multi-user video chat • Skype—small user video

  15. The Lower 3rd—Paltalk & CUworld (Community Oriented)

  16. What they liked/disliked • “Potential” for multi-user chat • Pre-existing interest groups • Free usage restricted • Button turn-taking (Paltalk) • Technical Issues (CUworld) • Wow/Yikes Factor

  17. The Middle 3rd—Yahoo & ICQ (Transitional Tools)

  18. The Middle 3rd—Yahoo & ICQ (Transitional Tools) • Free • Multiuser video chat for free—ICQ • Some video and audio issues • Annoying extra software (Yahoo) • Chat overload—317

  19. What does all this mean for us? • Do you need video? • In class or out of class usage? • Individual or class to class (videoconferencing)? • Free or pay? • 1-1 or multi-person communication? • Have a partner or need a partner? • xLingo & mylanguageexchange

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