Acknowledgements |
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Preface and introduction |
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1 Online language teaching and giving task instructions |
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1.1 Online language teaching as a semio-pedagogical activity |
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1.2 What are instructions and why are they important in task-based multimodal online language teaching? |
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1.3 Previous studies that set the ground work |
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2.1.2 Pedagogical organisation |
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2.1.3 Data collection procedures |
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2.2 Methodological framework |
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2.2.2 Multimodal (Inter)action Analysis (MIA) |
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2.2.2.1 Mediated actions and communication modes |
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2.2.2.2 Site of engagement |
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2.2.2.3 Modal configuration, modal density, and attention/awareness continuum |
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2.2.3 Operationalising Multimodal (Inter)action Analysis (MIA) |
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3 Task repetition: do teachers' instructions change when they repeat the same lesson with different learners? |
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3.1 Task repetition: higher-level actions in task instructions-as-process |
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3.2 Task repetition: lower-level actions in task instructions-as-process |
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3.2.1 Sustained and central hand gestures following learners' lack of understanding |
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3.2.2 Same gestures or same type of gestures in both iterations |
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3.2.2.1 Communicating key task information: there is student A and B |
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3.2.2.2 Communicating key task information: different information |
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3.2.3 Alignment of the teacher's spoken language, gesture, gaze, and posture with the layout mode |
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3.2.4 Signalling removal from interaction in the proxemics/posture mode |
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3.2.5 Bimodal instruction giving in the modes of spoken language and print |
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3.2.6 Site of engagement and semiotic misalignment: layout, webcam framing, gaze patterns |
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3.3 Modal configuration and modal density |
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3.4 Semiotic misalignment and modal density misalignment |
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4 Number of learners: do teachers' instructions change when they repeat the same lesson with only one learner? |
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4.1 Number of learners: site of engagement |
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4.2 Number of learners: higher-level actions in task instructions-as-process |
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4.3 Number of learners: lower-level actions in task instructions-as-process |
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4.3.1 Multimodal composition of similar higher-level actions prior to launching the task with different number of learners |
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4.3.2 Multimodal composition of managing resources with different number of learners |
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4.4 Modal configuration and modal density misalignment: managing resources |
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5 Task type: do teachers' instructions change when they give instructions for a different type of task? |
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5.1 Divergent task micro-tasks: task-as-workplan versus task-as-process |
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5.2 Teacher perspectives on the impact of task type on their instruction-giving behaviour |
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5.3 Comparison of higher-level actions used in convergent and divergent tasks |
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5.4 Multimodal configuration of higher-level actions and lower-level actions in different task types |
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5.4.1 Sarah's multimodal composition of higher-level actions and lower-level actions |
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5.4.2 Karen's multimodal composition of higher-level actions and lower-level actions |
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5.4.3 Craig's multimodal composition of higher-level actions and lower-level actions |
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5.4.4 Modes, modal configurations, and modal density |
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5.5 New higher-level actions observed in the divergent task for managing resources |
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6 Contributions, pedagogical reflections, and future perspectives |
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6.1 Contributions to methodology and knowledge |
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6.2 Instruction giving and task repetition |
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6.3 Instruction giving and number of learners |
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147 | (2) |
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6.4 Instruction giving and task type |
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6.5 A heuristic framework of higher-level actions in task instructions-as-process |
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6.6 Pedagogical reflections for language teachers |
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6.6.1 Managing electronic resources |
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6.6.2 Managing semiotic resources |
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6.6.3 Instructions-as-workplan in light of our findings |
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6.7 Limitations and future research |
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Appendix 1 Information-gap task |
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Appendix 2 Opinion-exchange task |
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Appendix 3 Semi-structured interview guide |
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Index |
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