Sustainability of E-mail Interactions Between Native Speakers and Nonnative Speakers
Sustainability of E-mail Interactions Between Native Speakers and Nonnative Speakers
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母语人士和非母语人士之间电子邮件互动的可持续性
DOI：
10.1076/call.14.5.469.5770.001
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发表时间：
2001
影响因子：
7
通讯作者：
Mike Levy
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作者：
Glenn Stockwell;Mike Levy
最近对电子邮件的研究不仅表明它可以成为语言学习者互动的强大动力，而且还开始将母语和非母语使用者之间的电子邮件互动与二语熟练程度的提高联系起来（Aitsiselmi, 1999; flore<s:1> -埃斯特拉达，1995;Ioanniou-Georgiou, 1999； Stockwell和Harrington， 2001）。此外，一些研究主张，第二语言学习者应该达到一定数量的电子邮件互动，以获得收益（拉米和古德费罗，1999；斯托克韦尔，2000）。尽管对电子邮件交互的可持续性有明显的需求，但目前的文献忽略了确定这些NS-NNS电子邮件交互的哪些特征与较长的交互序列相关。因此，在这项研究中，我们调查了48名日语学习者与母语人士进行电子邮件互动的情况，以确定哪些因素促成了持续的互动。从可持续性与学习者熟练程度、计算经验、国内经验、对话者比例以及电子邮件互动的内容和主题的关系等方面分析了电子邮件。此外，可持续性被认为与参与者在线资料的特征有关。文章最后提出了一些教学建议。
Recent research into e-mail has not only suggested that it can be a powerful motivator for interaction for language learners, but has also begun to link e-mail interactions between native and nonnative speakers to increases in L2 proficiency (Aitsiselmi, 1999; Floreéz-Estrada, 1995; Ioanniou-Georgiou, 1999; Stockwell and Harrington, 2001). In addition, some research has advocated that L2 learners should reach a certain number of e-mail interactions in order for benefits to accrue (Lamy and Goodfellow, 1999; Stockwell, 2000). Despite this apparent need for sustainability of e-mail interactions, the current literature has neglected to determine what features of these NS-NNS e-mail interactions are associated with the longer interaction sequences. Thus, in this study, we investigated 48 learners of Japanese involved in e-mail interactions with native speakers to determine what factors contributed to sustaining interactions. The e-mails are analyzed in terms of the relationship between sustainability and learner proficiency, computing experience, in-country experience, ratio of interlocutors and the content and topics of the e-mail interactions. Further, sustainability is considered in relation to a characterization of the online profiles of the participants. The paper closes with some suggestions for teaching.