Incidental focus on form (FonF) refers to the treatment of linguistic elements incidentally arising in a communicative setting during a meaning-focused activity. Videoconferencing for Online Intercultural Exchange (OIE) projects represents a typical meaning-focused communication activity but incidental FonF in group-based OIE projects is underexplored. The present study investigated the longitudinal changes of feedback types and factors related to successful uptake in Zoom-based videoconferences during a five-week OIE project. Chinese students and US students participated in weekly Zoom videoconferences to collect intercultural student ethnography data for their group projects with English as the exchange language. The videoconferences were recorded, transcribed, coded, and subsequently analysed quantitatively. Results returned that recast, clarification request, and translation were more frequently used but their frequencies did not significantly fluctuate throughout the OIE project, while metalinguistic feedback, elicitation, and explicit corrective feedback were less commonly used but their frequencies of use varied significantly. Repair provider (self-repair vs. other repair) and English proficiency were significantly associated with Chinese students’ successful uptake. The findings have implications for incorporating OIE and similar virtual exchange models into language teaching and learning.
形式附带关注(Incidental focus on form，简称FonF)是指在以意义为中心的交际活动中，对交际环境中附带出现的语言要素的处理。在线跨文化交流(OIE)项目的视频会议是一种典型的以意义为中心的交流活动，但在基于群体的OIE项目中，偶然的FonF尚未得到充分的探索。本研究调查了在为期五周的世界动物卫生组织项目中，反馈类型的纵向变化和与成功吸收基于zoom的视频会议相关的因素。中国学生和美国学生参加每周一次的Zoom视频会议，以英语为交换语言，为他们的小组项目收集跨文化学生人种学数据。录像会议被记录、转录、编码，随后进行定量分析。结果显示，重铸、澄清请求和翻译的使用频率更高，但在整个OIE项目中它们的频率没有显著波动，而元语言反馈、启发和明确纠正反馈的使用频率较低，但它们的使用频率变化显著。维修提供者(自我修复与他人修复)和英语水平与中国学生的成功吸收显著相关。研究结果对将世界动物卫生组织和类似的虚拟交换模式纳入语言教学具有启示意义。
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