This study is based on three assumptions. First, if evidence of learning is to be found among YouTube comments, it is likely to be evidence of interactional learning. Second, the relationships between YouTube videos and comments, and among comments, are interactional relationships.
Translanguaging in YouTube videos, a product of media globalization, acts as a trigger for language and intercultural learning in comments. Learning and Interaction The idea that learning is allied to interaction is central to a range of perspectives on language learning, which have variously been termed constructivist, sociocultural, learner-centred, communicative, collaborative, cooperative, and dialogic.
These perspectives share the view that the cognitive processes involved in learning are stimulated and supported by communicative interaction. One strand of research that has pursued this line of argument has used discourse analysis tools to target
“learners’ active negotiation for meaning in the process of communication as a vehicle for L2 learning” (Mackey, 2007, p. 2).
These studies have focused largely on opportunities for learning in repair, corrective feedback and focus on form episodes, arguing that acquisition of new language occurs when learners negotiate problems in communication.
Another strand of research has used conversation analysis in microanalyses of interaction, often collected in classrooms, in which speakers display positive evidence of learning These studies have focused on the acquisition of language forms, interactional and pragmatic development, and the development of social practices.
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