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CORE SKILLS IN CONVERSATION ANALYSIS WORKSHOP Rutgers’ Conversation Analysis Lab Faculty will be holding a Training Workshop (12-16 June 2020) focused on developing core skills in conversation analysis. The workshop will be taught by Galina Bolden, Alexa Hepburn, John Heritage, Jenny Mandelbaum, Lisa Mikesell, and Geoffrey Raymond. The workshop will be followed by a symposium (16-17 June) exploring ‘Actions in Talk’. The workshop is designed for graduate students, researchers, and faculty interested in developing or brushing up on the essential tools for conducting conversation analysis. Workshop sessions will comprise primarily small group activities, involving instructional content and systematic data analysis procedures, as well as ‘calisthenic exercises’ designed to consolidate specific CA tools such as turn-taking, sequence organization, and repair. We will work with a wide range of data corpora, including both every day and institutional interactions, analyzing video as well as audio data. Pre-workshop reading and exercises will be provided, and evening homework exercises will be set, allowing participants to consolidate skills.