We defined discourse analysis + discussed the 4 different perspectives set forward by the authors as ways to see data within discourse analysis . We pretty much talked straight through the book - but with lots of attention to putting the language into plain English.
You then worked on naming + classifying some of the "moves" in the transcript from the chapter - and then developed a theoretical story to describe relationships among the kinds of moves you identified. For example = we named the different kinds of power moves. Katie's "verbal authority" move by using the terms "we" and "need to"; Michelle's control of material resources = keeping possession of the crayons, and her challenge to Katie by asking pointed (irritated) questions. We talked about these two different styles of seeking authority and observed that while Michele's strategy may have worked in a grade school classroom - it wouldn't work when she got older, where as katie's might. And so on. You can re-read Bloome et al's analysis to get a fuller take on the micro-macro method (with a focus on language - so it is also social linguistic) and with some attention to power, and historical-social context => as we pointed out, the approaches overlap.
You also signed up for conferences - which I have posted as a separate blog.
For next class:
Read Chapter 3 and Alex, Michael, Erin, and Andre will talk us through the four different methodologies.
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