This study reanalyzes data collected during multimodal (synchronous voice and text-chat)
computer-mediated interaction between two English language learners, a Korean woman,
Kelly, and a Japanese man, Yama, to see if and how they make use of the multiple modes of
computer-mediated communication to renegotiate their respective positions during the
discourse (leader, follower, knowledgeable student, etc.). During the course of the 20 minute
exchange, Yama employs the voice-chat mode almost exclusively, through which he …