Paoletti2004

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Paoletti2004
BibType ARTICLE
Key Paoletti2004
Author(s) Isabella Paoletti, Giolo Fele
Title Order and disorder in the classroom
Editor(s)
Tag(s) EMCA, Ethnomethodology, Conversation Analysis, Classroom interactions, Order, Participation
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Year 2004
Language English
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Journal Pragmatics
Volume 14
Number 1
Pages 69–85
URL Link
DOI 10.1075/prag.14.1.03pao
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School
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Howpublished
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Abstract

The article discusses some aspects of classroom interaction as described in the ethnomethodological literature in particular, and it does so through the analysis of an excerpt from conversational interaction in a classroom. The interactional model described in the relevant literature is an asymmetric system of conversational rights in which the teacher controls every aspect of the conversation: Turn-taking, topic choice and duration, definition of what has been said for all practical purposes The study argues that teachers constantly endeavour to strike a difficult balance between two contrasting tasks: Maintaining control over the class on the one hand, and monitoring the ordered unfolding of activities and soliciting student participation on the other.

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