Moving from an internal databank to a sharable multimodal corpus: the MulTeC case

Wigham

2020

JVE

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Although there is a move toward open data, with research funding bodies more frequently requiring data management plans and dissemination strategies, the data management challenges inherently linked to virtual exchange research are understudied. Data collection is often reported upon in papers addressing interaction analysis or language development, but little attention has been paid to offering critical discussion of data collection and structuration methods or practical advice to encourage data/corpora dissemination. This paper reports on two phases of the Multimodal Teletandem Corpus project (Aranha & Lopes, 2019) that structured 581 hours of video data from Portuguese-English teletandem sessions, 351 chat logs, 956 written productions exchanged between the partners (original, revised, and corrected versions), 91 initial and 41 final questionnaires, and 666 learning diaries. We describe the data management problems faced that included the organization of data collected, ethical consent, management of a large quantity of data, inclusion of sociolinguistic information, expansion of learning theories, and the solutions found. We then outline data management planning steps that, consequently, are being introduced for future telecollaboration instantiations.

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Virtual exchanges as complex research environments: facing the data management challenge. A case study of Teletandem Brasil

Wigham

2020

JVE

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“…In this context, the bulk of research in teletandem so far is focused on the qualitative approach and somehow restricted to specific cohorts/partnerships. MulTeC (Multimodal Teletandem Corpus) (LOPES, 2019;LOPES, 2019b;WIGHAM, 2020)…”

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Research methods in teletandem context: approaches and possibilities

Rampazzo

2022

TheESP

The purposes of this paper are to (i) show how research in teletandem has been carried out over the years since the beginning of the Project Teletandem Brasil: Foreign Languages for All; (ii) relate the context to the possibilities of data collection; (iii) discuss methodological approaches applicable to teletandem; (iv) introduce MulTeC (Multimodal Teletandem Corpus) as an alternative for diverse types of research. We empirically demonstrate data from theses, dissertations, and papers related to methodology; present approaches of methodological research from quantitative and qualitative perspectives, presenting characteristics of each; discuss how viable individual data collection is; demonstrate how MulTeC (Multimodal Teletandem Corpus) may help researchers and be used as a model for future data collection. Finally, we share some current research using the mentioned corpus in an attempt to show an array of possibilities both from the qualitative and quantitative perspectives.

“…They also need to decide on the tasks to be fulfilled by students. Moreover, in iiTTD, as exposed in Aranha, Luvizari-Murad and Moreno (2015), in Luvizari-Murad (2016) and in Aranha and Lopes (2019), data collection is carried out in a systemic way in groups whose participants have consented to share their data for research purposes.…”

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Revisitar O Conceito De Comunidade Para Discutir Sua Aplicação a Contextos Telecolaborativos

Rampazzo

Alfa, rev. linguíst. (São José Rio Preto)

2019

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RESUMO: O objetivo deste artigo é discutir o conceito de comunidade em contextos multimodais de projetos telecolaborativos, específicamente o teletandem (TELLES, 2006). Comunidades discursivas (CD) são agrupamentos de indivíduos que se unem para atingir seus propósitos comunicativos por meio de gêneros (SWALES, 1990). Embora o conceito tenha sido extensivamente discutido em contextos acadêmicos, parece não haver estudos que envolvam o tema e sua importância para a telecolaboração. Uma tentativa nesse sentido é o trabalho de Silva (2012) sobre a comunidade teletandem (CT), no qual a autora investiga os estudantes que participam do projeto Teletandem Brasil: Línguas Estrangeiras para Todos. Partimos dos critérios elaborados por Silva para a definição de CT e nossa análise deriva de nossa observação intensa e criteriosa da prática de teletandem no laboratório de teletandem da UNESP - São José do Rio Preto. Os resultados indicam que os membros de comunidades que eventualmente se agrupam em contextos telecolaborativos tendem a serem regulados por regras locais e externas, engendrarem organizações complexas e compartilharem gêneros para alcançarem seus objetivos.