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Effects of Different Types of Tasks on Junior ELT Students’ Use of Communication Strategies in Computer-Mediated Communication

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  • Nur Eser Altun

    (Bogaziçi University, Istanbul, Turkey)

  • Senem Yildiz

    (Foreign Language Education Department, Faculty of Education, Bogaziçi University, Istanbul, Turkey)

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This study describes the use of communication strategies in a synchronous computer-mediated communication (CMC) environment and examine whether task type has an influence on the frequency and variety of communication strategies (CS) used in this environment. To this end, use of CSs in three different communicative task types: jigsaw, decision-making and opinion-exchange were examined, based on and adapted from Dörnyei and Scott’s (1997) and Smith’s (2003) CS taxonomies. The data for this study was collected from 36 junior ELT students studying in a Turkish university. The results showed that the participants made use of a variety of CSs that were previously observed in face-to-face communication, and they used some CSs which are peculiar to CMC environment. It was also found that task type affected the frequency and type of CS used, favoring jigsaw task types in resulting more use of CSs.

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  • Nur Eser Altun & Senem Yildiz, 2013. "Effects of Different Types of Tasks on Junior ELT Students’ Use of Communication Strategies in Computer-Mediated Communication," International Journal of Computer-Assisted Language Learning and Teaching (IJCALLT), IGI Global, vol. 3(2), pages 17-40, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:igg:jcallt:v:3:y:2013:i:2:p:17-40
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