Using an Activity Theory-based framework to standardize annotation and transcription of language learners’ online lookups.
Using an Activity Theory-based framework to standardize annotation and transcription of language learners’ online lookups.

Summary/Abstract: In this paper the authors present their Activity Theory-based framework for annotating and transcribing language learners’ data recorded by means of screen casting during studies conducted in the field of pedagogical lexicogra- phy. The benefits of the framework are presented in the context of improving customizability and comparability across various studies which use screen casting to provide an account of learner lookup behavior. The authors present selected examples from their own research conducted with the use of the proposed framework in order to illustrate how a three-tiered approach com- prising operations, actions and activities can be used to record lower-order as well as highly complex phenomena. Selected pedagogical implications in- cluded in the final section showcase possible applications of the AT-based framework for developing language learners’ dictionary skills.

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