ABSTRACT Online exchanges among learners are an important form of communication in language learning contexts. This is due to the affordances this medium of communication creates for learning as well as the growing interest in internationalization of curricula. In fact, online communication can foster connections between people, including learners, across the globe. This paper is based on a qualitative analysis of online chat communication between Canadian learners of German and German learners of English. We discuss how these learners negotiate closing sequences in their chats, considering that the patterns for closing sequences may be different in different languages or be culture-specific and learners need to make choices on a spectrum between business focus (i.e. staying on task) vs. personal focus (i.e. addressing personal information). Hence, learners must negotiate interactive patterns that they may not be familiar with in creative ways that establish and maintain interpersonal relationships. Research about online communication helps to better understand learner communication, especially in an international context. In addition, it helps raise language awareness for teacher training and provides impetus for sensitizing teachers and learners to the ways in which interaction works and how relationships are maintained in communication.

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二层远程协作中的关系建立：在基于文本的在线聊天中检查语言学习者的结业情况

摘要学习者之间的在线交流是语言学习环境中一种重要的交流形式。这是由于这种交流媒介为学习创造的负担，以及对课程国际化的日益增长的兴趣。实际上，在线交流可以促进全球包括学习者在内的人们之间的联系。本文基于对加拿大德语学习者和德国英语学习者之间的在线聊天交流的定性分析。考虑到结束序列的模式在不同的语言中可能是不同的，或者是针对特定文化的，并且学习者需要在业务重点（即专注于任务）与否之间进行选择。我们讨论了这些学习者如何在聊天中协商结束序列。个人重点（即处理个人信息）。因此，学习者必须以可能建立和维持人际关系的创新方式，协商他们可能不熟悉的互动模式。有关在线交流的研究有助于更好地了解学习者的交流，尤其是在国际背景下。此外，它有助于提高教师培训的语言意识，并推动教师和学习者了解互动的工作方式以及如何保持沟通中的关系。