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Communication Strategy Use and Negotiation of Meaning in Text Chat and Videoconferencing

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2010, Doctor of Philosophy in Urban Education, Cleveland State University, College of Education and Human Services.
This study aims at investigating meaning negotiation and communication strategy use among nonnative speakers of English in text chat and videoconferencing. Learners in a Chinese and a Japanese university participated in text chats and videoconferences to discuss culture-related topics using English as the common language. Text chat scripts and videoconferencing transcripts were analyzed using a simplified version of the meaning negotiation model developed by Smith (2003a). A survey was conducted on communication strategy use. Results of the discourse analysis and the survey indicate that both text chat and videoconferencing are valuable tools to assist meaning negotiation and facilitate second language acquisition. Compared to videoconferencing, text chat has the potential of promoting lexical acquisition.
Maria Angelova, PhD (Committee Chair)
266 p.

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  • Zhao, Y. (2010). Communication Strategy Use and Negotiation of Meaning in Text Chat and Videoconferencing [Doctoral dissertation, Cleveland State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=csu1278398160

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Zhao, Ying. Communication Strategy Use and Negotiation of Meaning in Text Chat and Videoconferencing. 2010. Cleveland State University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=csu1278398160.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Zhao, Ying. "Communication Strategy Use and Negotiation of Meaning in Text Chat and Videoconferencing." Doctoral dissertation, Cleveland State University, 2010. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=csu1278398160

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)