Interaction and meaning negotiation has been related to sociocultural theory and then reduce to a cognitive perspective by several schoolars in the intersection of CALL/CMC and EFL/ESL. They have focused on looking at (grammar and lexial perspectives) within text and video chattin g without considering the various enriching perspectives of what interaction as  a social construct really implies. Kumaravadivelu (2006) for example, distinguishes three “layers” to see interaction: 1. as a textual activity (a linguistic realization), this would equate the persistent tendency of many CALL /CMC scholars 2. interpersonal activity (a social realization to keep relations) and 3. ideational activity (expression of self identity. The last two possibilities to view interaction are not the real  focus of these new technologies. I would like to have your insights about this issue…