en Online Oral Negotiated Interaction: A Study of Brazilian Beginners Using WhatApp تخصصي Special پژوهشي Research This article reports on a study of interaction amid beginners with the use of the technological resource<em> WhatsApp</em>. Its major objective was to analyze online oral negotiated interaction characteristics, using mainly <em>WhatsApp</em> audio-recorded messages, but also multimodal interaction (text, images, GIFs, emoticons, etc.). It was a qualitative, interpretive, and exploratory case study applied to 33 participants from a public technical school in Brazil, in which participants were in the first year of High School. The analysis revealed that negotiated interaction was the main component of interaction, although in a different sense if related to the theoretical framework held in Second Language Acquisition (SLA). Therefore, this study added a discussion on interaction in SLA, which considered the peculiarities of the online oral negotiated interaction among beginner learners of English using <em>WhatsApp</em>. The interpretive findings discussed in this article may enlighten pedagogical practices in SLA as well as broaden possibilities in terms of activities development to work on online oral interaction amongst beginners, with the aid of technological resources. Finally, this study may serve the purpose of promoting reflections on SLA theories about interaction. This article reports on a study of interaction amid beginners with the use of the technological resource<em> WhatsApp</em>. Its major objective was to analyze online oral negotiated interaction characteristics, using mainly <em>WhatsApp</em> audio-recorded messages, but also multimodal interaction (text, images, GIFs, emoticons, etc.). It was a qualitative, interpretive, and exploratory case study applied to 33 participants from a public technical school in Brazil, in which participants were in the first year of High School. The analysis revealed that negotiated interaction was the main component of interaction, although in a different sense if related to the theoretical framework held in Second Language Acquisition (SLA). Therefore, this study added a discussion on interaction in SLA, which considered the peculiarities of the online oral negotiated interaction among beginner learners of English using <em>WhatsApp</em>. The interpretive findings discussed in this article may enlighten pedagogical practices in SLA as well as broaden possibilities in terms of activities development to work on online oral interaction amongst beginners, with the aid of technological resources. Finally, this study may serve the purpose of promoting reflections on SLA theories about interaction.<br> &nbsp;<br> &nbsp; Brazil EFL, English beginners, meaning negotiation, online oral negotiated interaction, WhatsApp EFL interaction, WhatsApp audio-recorded messages Brazil EFL, English beginners, meaning negotiation, online oral negotiated interaction, WhatsApp EFL interaction, WhatsApp audio-recorded messages 40 60 http://ijreeonline.com/browse.php?a_code=A-10-698-1&slc_lang=en&sid=1 Nayara Salbego Nayara Salbego nayara.salbego@ifsc.edu.br 10031947532846001794 10031947532846001794 Yes Federal Institute of Santa Catarina (IFSC), Araranguá City, Santa Catarina State, Brazil Tumolo Celso Celso Tumolo 10031947532846001795 10031947532846001795 No Federal University of Santa Catarina(UFSC), Florianópolis City, Santa Catarina State, Brazil