Bibliographic Details
| Title: |
EFL Reviewers’ Emoticon Use in Asynchronous Computer-Mediated Peer Response. |
| Authors: |
Chang, Carrie Yea-huey1 yechang@mail.tku.edu.tw |
| Source: |
Computers & Composition. Jun2016, Vol. 40, p1-18. 18p. |
| Subjects: |
English as a foreign language, Writing automation, Employment, Emoticons & emojis, Telematics |
| Abstract: |
This classroom research described CMC users’ employment of text-based emoticons in asynchronous web-based peer responses in an EFL college English writing class, to better understand how learners behave in such a face-threatening and task-oriented act (i.e. peer response). A total of 104 peer reviews produced by 13 English majors in Taiwan were analyzed. Among the 90 text-based emoticons produced, the most utilized was the smiley face. Although students attached emoticons to their criticisms, emoticons were more often employed in positive (80%) than negative (20%) contexts. Emoticons were also used as a friendship marker by some users. Individual difference in emoticon use, nevertheless, varied greatly. Findings showed that in asynchronous text-based peer response, emoticons served several purposes, depending on the contexts they occurred in: to express affections, to reduce the formality of peer response, to punctuate sentences, to hedge statements or to mark friendship. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| Database: |
Engineering Source |
