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Parsing tasks for the mobile novice in real time: Orientation to the learner's actions and to spatial and temporal constraints in instructing-on-the-move.
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Journal of Pragmatics . Apr2018, Vol. 128, p30-52. 23p. - Publication Year :
- 2018
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Abstract
- This paper studies parsing as a practice used in mobile instruction. The findings build on ethnomethodological conversation analysis and on observations made on video data that have been collected from three settings: skiing, driving a car and flying a plane. In the data, novice learners are instructed by more experienced instructors to accomplish various mobile tasks. The paper shows how instructors use parsing to guide learners to carry out, step-by-step, the sub-actions that the ongoing mobile task (e.g. turning, landing) is composed of. The paper argues that parsing is a practice employed by instructors to highlight the sub-actions of a mobile task. Instructors may also use parsing to orient learners to emergent problems to do with the timing, quality and order of the sub-actions in the performance of a complex mobile task. Finally, the paper shows that sometimes there is not enough time to parse an ongoing task, in which case the parsing can be carried out afterwards. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 03782166
- Volume :
- 128
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Journal of Pragmatics
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 129049166
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pragma.2018.01.005