2 Situating the Research

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Figures ix
4. Tables xi
5. Acknowledgements xiii
6. Abbreviations xv
7. 1 A Thoroughly Modern Medium 1
8. 2 Situating the Research 9
9. 3 Research Methods 35
10. 4 EL2 CMC Activities and Communicative (Dis)Comfort 47
11. 5 Contexts and Attitudes 65
12. 6 Difficulties Encountered in EL2 CMC Interactions 90
13. 7 Language Online: A Corpus Study 116
14. 8 Towards an Integration of EL2 CMC and Formal Instruction 159
15. 9 Conclusion 188
16. References 196
17. Appendix A: Questionnaire 207
18. Appendix B: Codebook from Qualitative Analysis 215
19. Index 221