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Multimodality in webconference-based language tutoring: An ecological approach integrating eye tracking

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 May 2022

Marco Cappellini Open the ORCID record for Marco Cappellini [Opens in a new window]  and
Yu-Yin Hsu Open the ORCID record for Yu-Yin Hsu [Opens in a new window]
Marco Cappellini
Affiliation:
Aix-Marseille University, Laboratoire Parole & Langage UMR 7309 CNRS, France (marco.cappellini@univ-amu.fr)
Yu-Yin Hsu
Affiliation:
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China (yyhsu@polyu.edu.hk)
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Abstract

Drawing on existing research with a holistic stance toward multimodal meaning-making, this paper takes an analytic approach to integrating eye-tracking data to study the perception and use of multimodality by teachers and learners. To illustrate this approach, we analyse two webconference tutoring sessions from a telecollaborative project involving pre-service teachers and learners of Mandarin Chinese. The tutoring sessions were recorded and transcribed multimodally, and our analysis of two types of conversational side sequences shows that the integration of eye-tracking data into an ecological approach provides richer results. Specifically, our proposed approach provided a window on the participants’ cognitive management of graphic and visual affordances during interaction and uncovered episodes of joint attention.

Keywords

webconferencingonline tutoringtelecollaborationeye trackingaffordancesmultimodality
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Research Article
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ReCALL , Volume 34 , Issue 3 , September 2022 , pp. 255 - 273
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© The Author(s), 2022. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of European Association for Computer Assisted Language Learning

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