ESL Distance Learners’ Participation in an Online Forum: The Interplay of Contextual Factors

摘要: This paper highlights the findings of a study examining contextual factors that mediated distance learners’ participation in an online forum (OLF). Contextual are elements emerge as result interaction with their social environment. The drew on sociocultural perspective encompassed concepts communities practice, mediation and dialogic interaction. These advocate both learning for knowledge language processes participants were adult ESL learners enrolled institution employs blended pedagogy. Multiple sources information comprising semi-structured interview, text-based interview informal chats used data collection purposes. Data was analysed using constant comparative method. Through this approach, mediating OLF uncovered.