Teaching language variation in French through authentic chat discourse

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ID23637101
AuthorsRémi A Van Compernolle (0000-0003-2381-6291), Isabelle Pierozak
Year2009
Pages111-126
Publication date2009-08-27
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeCHAPTER
VenueElectronic discourse in language learning and language teaching (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherJohn Benjamins Publishing Company (PUBLISHER • NL)
DOI10.1075/lllt.25.09com
OpenAlexW2500899839
ISBN9789027219886
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited9

In this chapter, we provide a glimpse into the nature of moderated and non-moderated French-language chat in public, non-educational contexts, and we enumerate and explain a number of pedagogical applications aimed at helping learners of French participate in and have greater access to this type of authentic discourse beyond the classroom. We first present a corpus-based analysis of language variation in moderated and nonmoderated chat discussions, focusing in particular on orthography, the second-person pronouns tu and vous, the first-person plural pronouns nous and on, and verbal negation, in order to demonstrate the amount and types of variation that exist in these two different types of synchronous computer-mediated communication. We then provide a number of pedagogical recommendations for teaching sociolinguistic variation in French using computer-mediated communication data. The sample tasks and task components are conceptualized to include one or more spheres of learning opportunities proposed by the New London Group (1996).

Linguistics · Negation · Orthography · Personal pronoun · Plural · Task (project management) · Variation (astronomy) · Computer Science · Digital Communication and Language · Linguistics and Discourse Analysis · Linguistics, Language Diversity, and Identity · Psychology

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