Patterns of negotiation of meaning routine in online forum discussion
This study examines a text-based, asynchronous online forum discussion among English language teacher trainers who were involved in a two-week online professional development course. It investigates the participants’ negotiation of meaning routine when they come across new content related item an...
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Universiti Putra Malaysia
2017
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| Summary: | This study examines a text-based, asynchronous online forum discussion among
English language teacher trainers who were involved in a two-week online professional
development course. It investigates the participants’ negotiation of meaning routine when
they come across new content related item and describes the pattern of this negotiation
of meaning routine. A textual analysis method, employing Smith’s (2003) expansion of
Varonis and Gass Model (1985) for negotiation of meaning, was utilised to analyse the
discussion threads. The analysis revealed that the participants did engage in negotiation
of meaning and all the four negotiation of meaning steps (trigger, indicator, response and
reply to response) were evident. It was also revealed that content triggers, local indicator,
elaboration in responses and task appropriate response were frequently used. As the
application of CMD for teaching and learning is increasing, findings of this study could
inform educators about the kind of strategies that could enrich online interaction. |
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