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Dear all,

thanks for the lively discussions during our last reading group last week.

The next reading group is going to take place on Tuesday, August 4th at 3PM, in the meeting room of the department of foreign language education, 3rd floor.

We’re going to read a recent article by Numa Markee on comparatative reproduction research in Conversation Analysis.

Markee, N. (2015). Are replication studies possible in qualitative second/foreign language classroom research? A call for comparative re-production research. Language Teaching, , 1-17.

Abstract

A widely accepted orthodoxy is that it is impossible to do replication studies within qualitative research paradigms. Ontologically and epistemologically speaking, such a view is largely correct. However, in this paper, I propose that what I call comparative re-production research—that is, the empirical study of qualitative phenomena that occur in one context, which are then shown also to obtain in another—is a well-attested practice in ethnomethodological conversation analysis (CA). By extension, I further argue that researchers who do research on second and foreign language (L2) classrooms inspired by the conversation analysis-for-second-language acquisition movement should engage in comparative re-production research in order to make broad statements about the generality or prototypicality of the qualitative organization of particular practices across languages, cultures and institutional contexts.

Structure of the reading group:

We will start the reading group by summarizing the article, followed by an in-depth discussion. To prepare for the reading group, please read the article.

Additionally, you may want to do some of the following in order to prepare for the discussion:

• Write down any questions you may have about the article
• Find one or more passages that you find interesting
• Think about how the points presented in the article relate to other theories or to your own research
• Pretend to be the devil’s advocate and criticize the author’s viewpoints

In the future reading groups, we’re going to talk about:

• Experimental CA (Voutilainen et al 2015)
• Ethnography/Micro-analysis (Cekaite 2007)
• Knowledge displays (Koole 2010)
• CA-for-SLA (TBD)

Hope to see you next week! 🙂

Best regards

Maria Vanessa aus der Wieschen
PhD Fellow, Department of Design and Communication

Thanks for the lively discussions during our first reading group last week.

The next reading group is going to take place on Wednesday, July 22nd at 3PM, in the meeting room of the department of foreign language education, 3rd floor.

The topic for the next reading group is “Usage-Based Linguistics/Conversation Analysis Interface”. We’re going to read an article by Søren W. Eskildsen about his longitudinal study in which he uses Usage-Based Linguistics (UBL) and Conversation Analysis (CA) to track how two L2 learners learn L2 negation constructions. He argues that CA should be used as a complementary tool in UBL studies.

Eskildsen, S. W. (2012). L2 negation constructions at work. Language Learning, 62(2), 335-372.

Structure of the reading group:

We will start the reading group by summarizing the article, followed by an in-depth discussion. To prepare for the reading group, please read the article.

Additionally, you may want to do some of the following in order to prepare for the discussion:

Write down any questions you may have about the article
Find one or more passages that you find interesting
Think about how the points presented in the article relate to other theories or to your own research
Pretend to be the devil’s advocate and criticize the author’s viewpoints

In the future reading groups, we’re going to talk about:

CA replication (Markee 2015)
Experimental CA (Voutilainen et al 2015)
Ethnography/Micro-analysis (Cekaite 2007)
Knowledge displays (Koole 2010)
CA-for-SLA (TBD)

Hope to see you next week! 🙂

Maria Vanessa Aus Der Wieschen

We are very pleased to announce that vice director of HUMAN Research Centre,  Ufuk Balaman, has received the best PhD presentation award at the 17th International Computer Assisted Language Learning (CALL) Research conference with his PhD study entitled “A Conversation Analytic Investigation into the Impact of Task Design on the Emergence of Information Gaps”.

We are pleased to announce that HUMAN Research Centre will start organising regular reading group meetings. Our visiting researcher from University of Southern Denmark, Maria Vanessa aus der Wieschen has taken the initiative to lead the event for whole summer. Find the details for the structure and content of the first meeting below.

In our reading group we will discuss Conversation Analysis (CA) classics as well as state-of-the art articles and some thought-provoking, untraditional CA work

We will meet every other week, and the first reading group session will be on the 8^th of July at 3:00 pm. We are going to meet in the meeting room of the department of foreign language education, 3rd floor.

Readings for the first reading group:

We’re going to discuss T. Stiver’s 2015 article on formal coding in CA, and two responses to this article.

– Stivers, T. (2015). Coding social interaction: A heretical approach in conversation analysis?. Research on Language and Social Interaction, 48(1), 1-19.

– Steensig, J., & Heinemann, T. (2015). Opening up codings?. Research on Language and Social Interaction, 48(1), 20-25.

– Nishizaka, A. (2015). Facts and Normative Connections: Two Different Worldviews. Research on Language and Social Interaction, 48(1), 26-31.

Structure of the reading group:

We will start the reading group by summarizing the articles, followed by an in-depth discussion of them. To prepare for the reading group, please read the three articles.

Additionally, you may want to do some of the following in order to prepare for the discussion:

• Write down any questions you may have about the articles
• Find one or more passages that you find interesting
• Think about how the points presented in the articles relate to other theories or to your own research
• Choose the paper you agree with the most, then pretend to be the devil’s advocate and criticize the authors’ viewpoints

In the future reading groups, we’re going to talk about:

–          Usage-based linguistics/CA interface (Eskildsen)

–          CA replication (Markee 2015)

–          CA-for-SLA (one of the classics, or something new or untraditional?)

–          Ethnography/Micro-analysis (Cekaite 2007)

–          Experimental CA

–          Knowledge displays (Koole 2010)

Maria Vanessa aus der Wieschen

PhD Fellow, University of Southern Denmark, Department of Design and Communication

In our next data session, Merve Bozbıyık and Olcay Sert will  present an extract from Medical Interaction context. The session will take place in the meeting room of the department of foreign language education, 3rd floor on the 23rd June, Tuesday, at 2:00 p.m. We look forward to seeing you all on Thursday.

In our next data session, Derya Duran and Olcay Sert will  present an extract from a higher education “English as a Medium of Instruction” context. The session will take place in the meeting room of the department of foreign language education, 3rd floor on the 21st of May, Thursday, at 3:00 p.m.

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Bir sonraki veri oturumumuzda Derya Duran ve Olcay Sert eğitim dili olarak İngilizce kullanılan bir yüksek öğretim kurumundan bir sınıf içi etkileşim kesiti sunacaktır. İlgili oturum 21 Mayıs Perşembe günü Yabancı Diller Eğitimi Bölümü (Eğitim Fakültesi B Blok 3. Kat) toplantı salonunda saat 15:00’da gerçekleşecektir.

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Lors de notre prochaine session de données,Derya Duran and Olcay Sert présenteront un extrait basé sur un corpus de l’enseignement supérieur. La session aura lieu jeudi 21 Mai à 15h. La session prendra place à la salle de réunion du département d’enseignement des langues étrangères, au troisième étage de la faculté d’éducation (B-Blok). Nous espérons vous voir nombreux ce jeudi.

Forthcoming talk by HUMAN vice-director Safinaz Büyükgüzel in Lausanne:

http://www.unil.ch/clsl/home/news.html?showActu=1430747448030.xml&showFrom=1

In our next data session, Arzu Kanat will  present an extract based on a vocabulary class in an EFL higher education setting. The session will take place in the meeting room of the department of foreign language education, 3rd floor on the 14th of May, Thursday, at 3:00 p.m. We look forward to seeing you all on Thursday.

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Bir sonraki veri oturumumuzda Arzu Kanat bir yüksek öğrenim kurumundaki İngilizce kelime bilgisi dersinden bir kesit sunacaktır. İlgili oturum 14 Mayıs Perşembe günü Yabancı Diller Eğitimi Bölümü (Eğitim Fakültesi B Blok 3. Kat) toplantı salonunda saat 15:00’da gerçekleşecektir. Perşembe günü sizleri de aramızda görmek dileğiyle… ————————————————————————————————–

In our next data session, Serap Gül and Safinaz Büyükgüzel will  present an extract based on a political debate. The session will take place in the meeting room of the department of foreign language education, 3rd floor at 15:00. We look forward to seeing you all on Thursday.

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Lors de notre prochaine session de données, Serap Gül and Safinaz Büyükgüzel présenteront un extrait de débat politique. La session prendra place à la salle de réunion du département d’enseignement des langues étrangères, au troisième étage de la faculté d’éducation (B-Blok). Nous espérons vous voir nombreux ce jeudi.

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Bir sonraki veri oturumumuzda Serap Gül ve Safinaz Büyükgüzel politik tartışma üzerine bir veri sunacaktır. İlgili oturum Yabancı Diller Eğitimi Bölümü (Eğitim Fakültesi B Blok 3. Kat) toplantı salonunda gerçekleşecektir. Perşembe günü sizleri de aramızda görmek dileğiyle…