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Pragmatics and Society
Vol. 11:4 (2020) ► pp. 591–614

Text selection proposals in dialogic reading in primary school

| NHL Stenden University of Applied Sciences | University of Groningen
| NHL Stenden University of Applied Sciences
| University of Groningen
| University of Groningen | University of the Witwatersrand
In dialogic reading during inquiry learning in primary school, pupils read, think and talk together about text fragments for answering their research questions. This paper demonstrates from a conversational analytic perspective, how the shared activity of text selection is constructed in a goal oriented conversation and how text selection proposals are used. Two main practices are identified depending on the situation: (1) when all participants are reading the text for the first time, a text selection proposal is constructed with reading-out-loud fragments, and (2) when only one of the participants is reading the text, a text selection proposal is constructed with an indexical text reference and indicative summary of the topic. In both practices, a separate utterance that functions as a proposal is required to accomplish the complete text selection proposal turn.
Keywords: dialogic reading, peer interaction, text selection proposals, conversation analysis: inquiry learning, primary education, classroom interaction
Article outline
  • 1.Introduction
  • 2.Background
  • 3.Data and method of analysis
  • 4.Findings: Talk about selection of text
    • 4.1Selection with reading-out-loud
    • 4.2Selection by indexical and indicative reference
  • 5.Conclusion and discussion
  • Acknowledgements
  • Note
  • References
Published online: 20 November 2020
https://doi.org/10.1075/ps.17029.pul
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