A Corpus-Based Study of the of the Use of Pronouns in the Asynchronous Discussion Forums in the Online Intercultural Exchange MexCo

Marina Orsini-Jones; Zoe Gazeley-Eke; H. Leinster

doi:10.14705/rpnet.2016.telecollab2016.519

A Corpus-Based Study of the of the Use of Pronouns in the Asynchronous Discussion Forums in the Online Intercultural Exchange MexCo

Marina Orsini-Jones, Zoe Gazeley-Eke, H. Leinster

School of Humanities

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This paper reports on research carried out on data extracted from MexCo (Mexico-Coventry), an ongoing Online Intercultural Exchange (OIE) in its fifth implementation cycle at the time of writing (May 2016). Based on a set of collaborative intercultural tasks that participants engage with through a tailor-made Moodle area, MexCo aims to embed internationalisation into the curriculum of the two institutions involved in order to promote global citizenship competences among both students and staff. This study reports on the corpus-based linguistic analysis of the written asynchronous exchanges in two of the discussion forums in MexCo in academic year 2014-2015. The analysis was carried out by an ‘expert student’ in collaboration with staff with a focus on the use of pronouns, and three key differences were observed regarding the use of the first person plural pronoun ‘we’.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	New directions in telecollaborative research and practice: selected papers from the second conference on telecollaboration in higher education
Editors	S. Jager, M. Kurek
Place of Publication	Dublin, Ireland
Publisher	Research-publishing.net
Pages	283-290
ISBN (Print)	978-1-908416-41-4, 978-1-908416-42-1, 978-1-908416-40-7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.14705/rpnet.2016.telecollab2016.519 https://doi.org/10.14705/rpnet.2016.telecollab2016.9781908416414
Publication status	Published - 28 Nov 2016
Event	New Directions in Telecollaborative Research and Practice: The Second Conference on Telecollaboration in University Education - Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland Duration: 20 Apr 2016 → 23 Apr 2016

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Conference	New Directions in Telecollaborative Research and Practice
Country/Territory	Ireland
City	Dublin
Period	20/04/16 → 23/04/16

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This paper was given at the “New directions in telecollaborative research and practice: the second conference on telecollaboration in higher education” hosted by Trinity College Dublin in April 2016. The book is published open access online at: https://doi.org/10.14705/rpnet.2016.telecollab2016.9781908416414
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MexCo
Online Intercultural Exchange
Corpus Analysis
Expert Student

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Orsini-Jones, M., Gazeley-Eke, Z., & Leinster, H. (2016). A Corpus-Based Study of the of the Use of Pronouns in the Asynchronous Discussion Forums in the Online Intercultural Exchange MexCo. In S. Jager, & M. Kurek (Eds.), New directions in telecollaborative research and practice: selected papers from the second conference on telecollaboration in higher education (pp. 283-290). Research-publishing.net. https://doi.org/10.14705/rpnet.2016.telecollab2016.519, https://doi.org/10.14705/rpnet.2016.telecollab2016.9781908416414

A Corpus-Based Study of the of the Use of Pronouns in the Asynchronous Discussion Forums in the Online Intercultural Exchange MexCo. / Orsini-Jones, Marina ; Gazeley-Eke, Zoe; Leinster, H.

New directions in telecollaborative research and practice: selected papers from the second conference on telecollaboration in higher education. ed. / S. Jager; M. Kurek. Dublin, Ireland : Research-publishing.net, 2016. p. 283-290.

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Orsini-Jones, M , Gazeley-Eke, Z & Leinster, H 2016, A Corpus-Based Study of the of the Use of Pronouns in the Asynchronous Discussion Forums in the Online Intercultural Exchange MexCo. in S Jager & M Kurek (eds), New directions in telecollaborative research and practice: selected papers from the second conference on telecollaboration in higher education. Research-publishing.net, Dublin, Ireland, pp. 283-290, New Directions in Telecollaborative Research and Practice, Dublin, Ireland, 20/04/16. https://doi.org/10.14705/rpnet.2016.telecollab2016.519, https://doi.org/10.14705/rpnet.2016.telecollab2016.9781908416414

Orsini-Jones M , Gazeley-Eke Z, Leinster H. A Corpus-Based Study of the of the Use of Pronouns in the Asynchronous Discussion Forums in the Online Intercultural Exchange MexCo. In Jager S, Kurek M, editors, New directions in telecollaborative research and practice: selected papers from the second conference on telecollaboration in higher education. Dublin, Ireland: Research-publishing.net. 2016. p. 283-290 https://doi.org/10.14705/rpnet.2016.telecollab2016.519, https://doi.org/10.14705/rpnet.2016.telecollab2016.9781908416414

Orsini-Jones, Marina ; Gazeley-Eke, Zoe ; Leinster, H. / A Corpus-Based Study of the of the Use of Pronouns in the Asynchronous Discussion Forums in the Online Intercultural Exchange MexCo. New directions in telecollaborative research and practice: selected papers from the second conference on telecollaboration in higher education. editor / S. Jager ; M. Kurek. Dublin, Ireland : Research-publishing.net, 2016. pp. 283-290

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