Speech acts and phrases of knowledge construction in asynchoronous discourse / Alice Shanthi... [et al.]
This paper presents the findings of a study conducted in Malaysia pertaining to the speech acts commonly used for information sharing in web-forums. Data was purposively selected from online forums to answer the research questions. The messages in the data were categorised based on Searle’s (1976) S...
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| description | This paper presents the findings of a study conducted in Malaysia pertaining to the speech acts commonly used for information sharing in web-forums. Data was purposively selected from online forums to answer the research questions. The messages in the data were categorised based on Searle’s (1976) Speech Acts taxonomy to explore the interactive language function of the messages. The study found that online forum members used more speech acts that were categorised as assertive in their web-forum interaction. The study also revealed different phases of knowledge construction were also present in the messages posted in web-forums. The findings of this study hopes to aid educators and academicians in the pedagogical aspect in using online discussion forums in the teaching and learning process. |
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| spelling | uitm-294872020-04-21T00:08:32Z https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/29487/ Speech acts and phrases of knowledge construction in asynchoronous discourse / Alice Shanthi... [et al.] joa Alice, Shanthi Xavier, Thayalan Jane, Xavierine Hamuddin, Budiando Content analysis (Communication) Oral communication. Speech This paper presents the findings of a study conducted in Malaysia pertaining to the speech acts commonly used for information sharing in web-forums. Data was purposively selected from online forums to answer the research questions. The messages in the data were categorised based on Searle’s (1976) Speech Acts taxonomy to explore the interactive language function of the messages. The study found that online forum members used more speech acts that were categorised as assertive in their web-forum interaction. The study also revealed different phases of knowledge construction were also present in the messages posted in web-forums. The findings of this study hopes to aid educators and academicians in the pedagogical aspect in using online discussion forums in the teaching and learning process. Universiti Teknologi MARA, Negeri Sembilan 2017 Article PeerReviewed text en https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/29487/1/29487.pdf Alice, Shanthi and Xavier, Thayalan and Jane, Xavierine and Hamuddin, Budiando (2017) Speech acts and phrases of knowledge construction in asynchoronous discourse / Alice Shanthi... [et al.]. (2017) Journal of Academia <https://ir.uitm.edu.my/view/publication/Journal_of_Academia.html>, 5 (1). pp. 158-165. ISSN 2289-6368 https://nsembilan.uitm.edu.my/joacns/ |
| spellingShingle | Content analysis (Communication) Oral communication. Speech Alice, Shanthi Xavier, Thayalan Jane, Xavierine Hamuddin, Budiando Speech acts and phrases of knowledge construction in asynchoronous discourse / Alice Shanthi... [et al.] |
| title | Speech acts and phrases of knowledge construction in asynchoronous discourse / Alice Shanthi... [et al.] |
| title_full | Speech acts and phrases of knowledge construction in asynchoronous discourse / Alice Shanthi... [et al.] |
| title_fullStr | Speech acts and phrases of knowledge construction in asynchoronous discourse / Alice Shanthi... [et al.] |
| title_full_unstemmed | Speech acts and phrases of knowledge construction in asynchoronous discourse / Alice Shanthi... [et al.] |
| title_short | Speech acts and phrases of knowledge construction in asynchoronous discourse / Alice Shanthi... [et al.] |
| title_sort | speech acts and phrases of knowledge construction in asynchoronous discourse / alice shanthi... [et al.] |
| topic | Content analysis (Communication) Oral communication. Speech |
| url | https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/29487/ https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/29487/ |