Olga Sanchez Castro | Flinders University of South Australia (original) (raw)
Papers by Olga Sanchez Castro
The European Journal of Humour Research, 2020
Failed humour in conversational exchanges has received increasing attention in humour research (s... more Failed humour in conversational exchanges has received increasing attention in humour research (see Bell 2015; Bell & Attardo 2010). However, tensions between what constitutes successful and failed humour have yet to be fully explored outside conversational humour. Drawing on Hay's (2001) classification of humour stages and using a socio-cognitive approach to pragmatics to examine responses from Spanish L1 and L2 users to differing combinations of structural and content features in cartoons, the present study aims to explore what factors contribute to successful and failed responses to multimodal humour. Previous research has predominantly investigated the role of caricature as one of the prototypical features of cartoons affecting humour communication, suggesting that this feature plays an active role in the recognition of the humoristic genre (Padilla & Gironzetti 2012). Findings from the present study indicate that caricature operates not only in the recognition, but also in ...
The purpose of this project was to investigate the interrelationship among language learners' sel... more The purpose of this project was to investigate the interrelationship among language learners' self-efficacy beliefs (i.e. personal judgements of second language performance capabilities) and second language (L2) participation in face-to-face and text-based chat. Specifically, the aim of this thesis was to explore: (1) how low and high self-efficacy intermediate Spanish language learners carry out semi-directed conversational discussions in face-to-face and in text-based chat, and (2) whether over the span of an academic year, changes in learners' interactional patterns and selfefficacy levels could be at least partially attributed to the use of synchronous textbased chat in the language classroom.
The International Journal of Language …, 2008
This qualitative study attempts to provide an account of the migration experience of Spanish spea... more This qualitative study attempts to provide an account of the migration experience of Spanish speaking migrants who settled in Queensland and South Australia, with a particular focus on language maintenance. To the researchers' knowledge this is an area into which ...
This study seeks to examine variations in patterns of interactivity as they are displayed in the ... more This study seeks to examine variations in patterns of interactivity as they are displayed in the ongoing discourse construction of high and low self-efficacy learners of Spanish in the context of computermediated-communication. The paper specifically focuses on the analysis of synchronous text chats of six university students of Spanish at intermediate level over the course of two semesters as they carried out semi-directed discussions. The analytical framework is drawn from Eggins and Slade's (2006) model of speech functions within Systemic Functional Linguistics which, to our knowledge, has never been applied to second language online chat discussions. This approach highlights how general patterns of dominance, sustainability and dependence in the management of discourse behaviour are displayed through the participants' contributions. The analysis suggests in particular that the realisation of interactivity can be traced back to the negotiation of exchanges concerned with social and interpersonal relations. These findings become particularly relevant when considered within the wider educational debate of participation and acquisition , as the interpersonal relations of people who engage in collaborative activities are normally considered peripheral to second or foreign language learning . On the basis of the present analysis, a further elaboration of the model is proposed to take account of the relational perspective that would need to be tested in future studies using similar data.
The European Journal of Humour Research, 2020
Failed humour in conversational exchanges has received increasing attention in humour research (s... more Failed humour in conversational exchanges has received increasing attention in humour research (see Bell 2015; Bell & Attardo 2010). However, tensions between what constitutes successful and failed humour have yet to be fully explored outside conversational humour. Drawing on Hay's (2001) classification of humour stages and using a socio-cognitive approach to pragmatics to examine responses from Spanish L1 and L2 users to differing combinations of structural and content features in cartoons, the present study aims to explore what factors contribute to successful and failed responses to multimodal humour. Previous research has predominantly investigated the role of caricature as one of the prototypical features of cartoons affecting humour communication, suggesting that this feature plays an active role in the recognition of the humoristic genre (Padilla & Gironzetti 2012). Findings from the present study indicate that caricature operates not only in the recognition, but also in ...
The purpose of this project was to investigate the interrelationship among language learners' sel... more The purpose of this project was to investigate the interrelationship among language learners' self-efficacy beliefs (i.e. personal judgements of second language performance capabilities) and second language (L2) participation in face-to-face and text-based chat. Specifically, the aim of this thesis was to explore: (1) how low and high self-efficacy intermediate Spanish language learners carry out semi-directed conversational discussions in face-to-face and in text-based chat, and (2) whether over the span of an academic year, changes in learners' interactional patterns and selfefficacy levels could be at least partially attributed to the use of synchronous textbased chat in the language classroom.
The International Journal of Language …, 2008
This qualitative study attempts to provide an account of the migration experience of Spanish spea... more This qualitative study attempts to provide an account of the migration experience of Spanish speaking migrants who settled in Queensland and South Australia, with a particular focus on language maintenance. To the researchers' knowledge this is an area into which ...
This study seeks to examine variations in patterns of interactivity as they are displayed in the ... more This study seeks to examine variations in patterns of interactivity as they are displayed in the ongoing discourse construction of high and low self-efficacy learners of Spanish in the context of computermediated-communication. The paper specifically focuses on the analysis of synchronous text chats of six university students of Spanish at intermediate level over the course of two semesters as they carried out semi-directed discussions. The analytical framework is drawn from Eggins and Slade's (2006) model of speech functions within Systemic Functional Linguistics which, to our knowledge, has never been applied to second language online chat discussions. This approach highlights how general patterns of dominance, sustainability and dependence in the management of discourse behaviour are displayed through the participants' contributions. The analysis suggests in particular that the realisation of interactivity can be traced back to the negotiation of exchanges concerned with social and interpersonal relations. These findings become particularly relevant when considered within the wider educational debate of participation and acquisition , as the interpersonal relations of people who engage in collaborative activities are normally considered peripheral to second or foreign language learning . On the basis of the present analysis, a further elaboration of the model is proposed to take account of the relational perspective that would need to be tested in future studies using similar data.