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M1S1 Wed Group 
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Warmup/SL skills 
Activity: Race 
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Activity: Role play 
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Figure 1. Illustrates a sample of a class session’s macro level 

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Micro 
As mentioned before, the micro analysis is only devoted to those scenes which the 
researcher has selected previously from the macro analysis. The micro level of analysis 
has two stages. Figure 2 illustrates the first stage. As can be seen, it corresponds to a 
general description of the scene. This description includes a snapshot of the scene and a 
second column devoted to a description of the scene where the activity is taking place, the 
nature of the activity and the participants who are involved in the event with the 
abbreviations used for each participant.
SCENE 01 (0:00:00 - 0:26:03 ) 
DESCRIPTION 
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Scene description: participants are outside the 
hotel, around the fire. 
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Pedagogical description: T is greeting the students, 
checking that everyone is there and that 
everybody is ready to start the class. T tries to get 
students into a circle to start the class. 
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Participants: teacher (T), Maia Bergere (MaBe), 
Meri Barangaham (MeBa), Kitus Beyza (KiBe), 
Ruth Dorben (RuDo), Tony Spire (ToSp), Timay 
Trill (TiTr), Jordi Dash (JoDa), Elsa McBain (ElMc), 
Laia Adagio (LaAd), Silvie Helse (SiHe), Ariadna 
Chiantelle (ArCh)
Figure 2. Provides information of the whole scene 
It is in this micro stage where the multi-layered transcript is used. To account for the 
multimodal nature of this world, alongside the video recording of the class session, three 
transcripts have been created to transcribe the communication that occurs in the different 
communication modes as well as the interface. The first transcript records the 
communication that occurs through the audible mode, the second transcript records the 
textual mode and the third transcript accounts for the visual mode: the avatars' non-
verbal behavior as well as the user's interface activity to manage the program (e.g. how 
the user manages the windows in the program, inventory management, etc.). Figure 3 
illustrates how a communication strategy carries across different modes. 

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2014 CALL Conference 
LINGUAPOLIS
www.antwerpcall.be 
Fig 3. Screenshot of the micro layer from the 3M Transcription 
Apart from the multi-layered transcript, when a communication strategy occurs across 
different modes, the turns are linked with each other. Thus, when a communication 
strategy is queried, the researcher can see what modes come into play with each 
communication strategy.