Face-to-face computer-mediated second-language learning

• Project/Area Number: 24720250
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Foreign language education
• Research Institution: Saitama University
• Principal Investigator: KRUG Nathan Paul 埼玉大学, 英語教育開発センター, 准教授 (40549995)
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2015-03-31
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2014)
• Budget Amount: ¥2,990,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥690,000); Fiscal Year 2014: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000); Fiscal Year 2013: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000); Fiscal Year 2012: ¥1,690,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥390,000)
• Keywords: CMC / 英語学習 / 会話分析 / 学習者の会話 / 会話行動 / 第二言語学習

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Computer-mediated environments are no doubt useful for language learning in the EFL situation, however only following closer scrutiny can CMC truly serve pedagogical objectives. Therefore, the overarching purpose of this study was to analyze the talk-in-interaction in L2 video-based CMC conversations so as to (1) portray the features of CMC talk (including the organization of the talk, such as the distribution of turn taking, sequence and repair), and to (2) explore how L2 learning progresses―taking note of all resources by which language learning is best facilitated through the CMC environment.

Research Products

• [Journal Article] Turn-taking practices in conversation-for-learning (2013)
  • Author(s): Otsu, T., & Krug, N. P.
  • Journal Title: Pragmatics and language learning Volume: 13 Pages: 79-102
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Refaining rom becoming the next speaker: A case study of three-party second language interaction (2012)
  • Author(s): Krug, N. P., & Otsu, T.
  • Journal Title: KOTESOL Proceedings 2011 Volume: - Pages: 251-259
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Advising practices: A survey of self-access learner motivations and preferences (2012)
  • Author(s): Hughes, L. S., Krug, N. P., & Vye, S. L.
  • Journal Title: Studies in Self-Access Learning Journal Volume: 3(2) Pages: 163-181
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Presentation] Nonformal institutional conversation: When do L2 speakers stop being L2 learners? (2015)
  • Author(s): Nathan KRUG
  • Organizer: 7th Annual NEAR Language Education Conference
  • Place of Presentation: University of Niigata Prefecture, Niigata
  • Year and Date: 2015-05-23
• [Presentation] CMC conversation-for-learning (2015)
  • Author(s): Nathan KRUG
  • Organizer: CAN Kansai Data Session
  • Place of Presentation: Temple University Japan, Osaka
  • Year and Date: 2015-03-17
• [Presentation] Rethinking competence: Learners' perceptions of their interactional practices (2013)
  • Author(s): Otsu, T., & Krug, N. P.
  • Organizer: The Fifth N.E.A.R. Language Education Conference
  • Place of Presentation: The University of Niigata Prefecture (Niigata, Japan)
• [Presentation] Arriving at the “anchor point”: Cues deployed in openings of computer-mediated second-language conversations (2013)
  • Author(s): Krug, N. P.
  • Organizer: The 13th International Pragmatics Conference
  • Place of Presentation: The Indian Institute of Technology (New Delhi, India)
• [Presentation] Second Language Learners' Non-Formal Institutional Talk: L2-to-L2 (2013)
  • Author(s): Krug, N. P.
  • Organizer: MAN CA Data Sessions (Data Session Presentations and Leading of Discussions)
  • Place of Presentation: University of Hawai'i at Manoa, USA
• [Presentation] International Skype video calls (2013)
  • Author(s): Krug, N. P.
  • Organizer: International Symposium: "Social Interaction in International Encounters"
  • Place of Presentation: Kansai University (Osaka, Japan)
• [Presentation] “So, what’s your name?”: Opening sequences in computer-mediated conversation-for-learning (2012)
  • Author(s): Krug, N. P.
  • Organizer: Australian Linguistics Society Annual Conference 2012
  • Place of Presentation: The University of Western Australia (Perth, Australia)
• [Book] Communication and Computer-based Learning Skills (2013)
  • Author(s): Shawback, M., O'Neill, B., Montoya, S., Weatherford, Y., Clifton, A., Wright, M., Perkins, R., Pals, T. Barber, W., Hail E., Hosbach, J., Krug, N. P., Rates, P.
  • Publisher: Seibido Press
• [Book] Communication and Computer-based Learning Skills (2012)
  • Author(s): Shawback, M., O'Neill, B., Krug, N. P. et al.
  • Publisher: Seibido Press