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Title: Compensatory Strategies Adopted by Chinese EFL Learners in Virtual Exchange with Native Speakers
Language: English
Authors: Feng, Ruiling (ORCID 0000-0002-2482-3146), Shirvani, Sheida (ORCID 0000-0002-7537-7318)
Source: Research-publishing.net. 2021.
Availability: Research-publishing.net. La Grange des Noyes, 25110 Voillans, France. e-mail: info@research-publishing.net; Web site: http://research-publishing.net
Peer Reviewed: Y
Page Count: 10
Publication Date: 2021
Document Type: Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education
Postsecondary Education
Descriptors: Native Speakers, Mandarin Chinese, Undergraduate Students, Virtual Classrooms, International Educational Exchange, Intercultural Communication, Videoconferencing, Communication Strategies, Language Proficiency, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Foreign Countries
Geographic Terms: China
Abstract: Compensatory strategies play an important role in second language (L2) processing because of limited language knowledge and ensuing anxiety and could help assure understanding and void communication breakdown. Previous studies about compensatory strategies largely adopt laboratory settings and neglect the strategies in authentic oral communication. Accordingly, the present study investigated compensatory strategies used by Chinese university students in online videoconferences with their US peers during a five-week virtual exchange project. We interviewed 27 Chinese students twice, once after the first-week videoconference, the other after the last-week videoconference. The English as a Foreign Language (EFL) learners in this study could adopt compensatory strategies of different levels. Their strategy use, however, was not flexible enough as several types of strategies were repeatedly used, while other types were rarely implemented. The virtual exchange could help the EFL learners employ compensatory strategies more often, of higher levels, and with increased immediacy. The results can help to establish more targeted English teaching and learning. [For the complete volume, "Virtual Exchange: Towards Digital Equity in Internationalisation," see ED614868.]
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