Closed meaning-focused tasks foster more negotiation of meaning and negative feedback than open tasks in CMC¶

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Subclaims¶

q2 i? Negotiation routine phases are consistently more numerous during closed tasks than open tasks, with the total of all four phases 50% higher in closed tasks; all three negative feedback types are also more numerous in closed tasks. → Sarré 2011

Evidence¶

Sarré 2011¶

Sarré, C. (2011). Computer-mediated negotiated interactions: how is meaning negotiated in discussion boards, text chat and videoconferencing? In S. Thouësny & L. Bradley (Eds.), Second language teaching and learning with technology: views of emergent researchers (pp. 189-210). Dublin: Research-publishing.net. https://dx.doi.org/10.14705/rpnet.2011.9781908416001

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Distribution analysis across the six collaborative tasks (three open: CT4, CT6, CT8; three closed: CT3, CT5, CT7) in 12 groups shows negotiation routine totals of 68 in open tasks versus 102 in closed tasks, and negative feedback totals of 53 versus 66 (Table 9).

"negotiation routine phases are consistently more numerous in interactions produced during the completion of closed tasks, the total number of all four phases being 50% higher in such tasks than in open tasks."

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

• Completing meaning-focused tasks through CMC fosters negotiated interactions in all three modes (discussion board, text chat, videoconferencing) — a broader claim this one bears on
• Unprompted self-correction dominates negative feedback in NNS-NNS CMC interaction, interpreted as a face-saving preference — related
• Discussion board interactions generated no negative feedback at all, suggesting synchrony is required to foster corrective feedback — related
• Unfocused tasks elicit significantly more confirmation checks and clarification requests than focused tasks — reports the opposite
• Content-related problems trigger most negotiation routines, and syntactic triggers are absent from text chat where turns are short — related
• Videoconferencing was conducive to more negotiation of meaning than text chat and discussion board, measured as proportion of negotiated turns — related