Instructor-initiated Suggestions in Office Hour Discourse: Emphasis on Modality.

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Title: Instructor-initiated Suggestions in Office Hour Discourse: Emphasis on Modality.
Alternate Title: Ofis Saati Söyleminde Eğitmen Tarafından Yapılan Öneriler: Kip Eklerine Vurgu.
Authors: ÇİFTÇİ, Hatime1 hatimeciftci@gmail.com
Source: Novitas-ROYAL. Oct2019, Vol. 13 Issue 2, p103-121. 19p.
Subject Terms: *Discourse, *Cross-cultural communication, Offices, Modal logic
Geographic Terms: Türkiye
Abstract (English): From a discourse analytic approach, this study examines suggestionresponse episodes in office hour interactions. The theoretical framework of relational work broadly informs the study. A total of thirty-eight office hour interactions constitute the primary data source, and the participants are 3 international instructors and their 34 Turkish students at two universities in the northwest of Turkey. The analysis demonstrates that the co-constructed suggestion-response episodes yield a large amount of instructor-initiated suggestions. Modality (modals and semi-modals) is crucial in instructor-initiated suggestions functioning especially to fulfill their institutional role as support provider in such office hour interactions. A closer analysis of the episodes also reveals that the international instructors fulfill a variety of functions (e.g., providing alternative ways as a solution; emphasizing expectations or requirements for assignments tasks and projects; expressing outcomes of a future action; suggesting a future action, etc.) while making suggestions with modals and semi-modals. Adopting a discourse analytic perspective, this study might pave the way for prospective research endeavors specifically in intercultural communication. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Abstract (Turkish): Bu çalışma, söylem analizi yaklaşımını açısından ofis saati söylemindeki önericevap kısımlarını inceler. İlişkisel iş kuramsal çerçevesi genel olarak çalışmayı besler. Toplamda otuz sekiz ofis saati görüşmesi temel veriyi oluşturur ve katılımcılar Türkiye’nin kuzeydoğusundaki 2 üniversitedeki 3 uluslararası eğitmen ve bu eğitmenlerin 34 Türk öğrencisidir. Analiz, birlikte oluşturulan öneri-cevap kısımlarının çok fazla miktarda eğitmen tarafından yapılan öneriler bulundurduğunu gösterir. Kip ekleri (kipler ve yarı kipler) eğitmen tarafından yapılan önerilerde, onların bu tarz ofis saati görüşmelerindeki destek sağlayıcı gibi kurumsal rollerini gerçekleştirmelerini sağlayarak önem arz etmektedir. Bu kısımların daha yakından analizi ayrıca uluslararası eğitmenlerin kip ekleri ile öneride bulunurken bir çok işlevi yerine getirdiğini ortaya koyar (ör. çözüm olarak alternatif yollar sağlamak, ödevler/görevler/projelerin beklentileri veya gerekliliklerini vurgulamak, ilerideki bir hareketin sonuçlarını ifade etmek, veya ileride yapılacak bir hareketi önermek, vb.). Söylem analizi yaklaşımını benimseyen bu çalışma, özellikle kültürlerarası iletişimdeki gelecekteki araştırma çabaları için bir yol açabilir. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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Abstract:From a discourse analytic approach, this study examines suggestionresponse episodes in office hour interactions. The theoretical framework of relational work broadly informs the study. A total of thirty-eight office hour interactions constitute the primary data source, and the participants are 3 international instructors and their 34 Turkish students at two universities in the northwest of Turkey. The analysis demonstrates that the co-constructed suggestion-response episodes yield a large amount of instructor-initiated suggestions. Modality (modals and semi-modals) is crucial in instructor-initiated suggestions functioning especially to fulfill their institutional role as support provider in such office hour interactions. A closer analysis of the episodes also reveals that the international instructors fulfill a variety of functions (e.g., providing alternative ways as a solution; emphasizing expectations or requirements for assignments tasks and projects; expressing outcomes of a future action; suggesting a future action, etc.) while making suggestions with modals and semi-modals. Adopting a discourse analytic perspective, this study might pave the way for prospective research endeavors specifically in intercultural communication. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
ISSN:13074733