Análise das interações sociais em comunidades online de aprendizado de idiomas: um estudo de caso no Reddit

Abstract

Reddit is a online social network in which users can share information about mutual interests in specific communities (subreddits). Recently, communities focused on language learning have gained much popularity among users. These subreddits enable users to interact, regardless of their proficiency level on a specific language. Typical interactions include answering questions and sharing tips for facilitating the learning process. In this paper, we analyze four of these communities: EnglishLearning, French, German and Spanish. This analysis focuses on interactions between users, how discussion revolves around threads and linguistic traits of users belonging to different proficiency levels. Moreover, we highlight similarities and differences among these communities.