Department of Culture and Communication
Institutionen för språk och kultur (IKK)
Interaction Analysis / Interaktionsanalys (763A42)
Autumn 2014
Course Guide
Course tutor:
Leelo Keevallik
leelo.keevallik@liu.se
Teachers,
examiners:
Mathias Broth
mathias.broth@liu.se
Nigel Musk
nigel.musk@liu.se
Charlotta Plejert
charlotta.plejert@liu.se
Administration: Agnese Grisle
agnese.grisle@liu.se
LiU ID
As a new student you can access a temporary LiU ID by following the instructions and creating
it yourself online at www.liu.se/admitted. After you have attended the roll-call you can register
for your course. The day after your registration you can collect an activation key at the Student
Service Desk in the Zenit Building, and activate your regular LiU ID, which also provides
access to your e-mail account and the Student Portal.
Information about timetable changes, exam results, etc. will be sent by email and all registered
students are assumed to check their email regularly.
LiU Card
To access various university services, e.g. computer labs, library services and the Campus bus,
you will need to obtain a LiU card from the Student Service Desk in Zenit. This can be done
the day after registration. For further information see http://www.student.liu.se/liu-kortet.
LISAM
We will be using our new university learning platform, LISAM, for this course. This is where
we will be posting all the instructions for the different course assignments, and this is also where
you will be able to submit (upload) your assignments. Lecture notes will also be uploaded here
for you to (re)view or download. It can be accessed here, using your LiU ID:
https://liuonline.sharepoint.com/sites/ks1/763A42-2013HTv2/Pages/default.aspx
Discontinuing Your Studies (Avbrott i studier)
If for some reason you discontinue your studies, you must notify the department immediately
(agnese.grisle@liu.se).
Contents
The course provides a hands-on introduction to the microanalysis of human interaction. It
actively involves the students in the full research process starting with ethical considerations,
data collection and transcription, and ending with the identification of relevant phenomena
and methodological analytic arguments. The course focuses on linguistic and social aspects of
interaction in institutions as well as mundane settings, analysing activity types, meaning,
learning and understanding. Attention is paid to verbal and nonverbal aspects of human
action, including the use of technologies and artefacts in meaning-making. The historical
roots of the method will be traced to the emergence of conversation analytic method,
encouraging critical discussion of the theory and findings.
N.B. The classes will start on the hour sharp (not quarter past), unless specified otherwise!
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Date
Time
36
3/9
13.1517
4/9
10-12
13-15
Room
KY
2105
Lab
Teachers
Content
Leelo Keevallik
Mathias Broth
Lecture: Introduction to multimodal
interaction analysis
Hutchby & Wooffitt ch.1-2
Mathias Broth
Lecture: Recording and research ethics
Literature: Hutchby & Wooffitt ch.3, Have,
Mondada
Verbal transcription practice
Own recording and transcription
Individual/group
assignment
38
39
14/9
24:00
17/9
13-16
Submit reports (recording, transcription)
KY
2105
Lab
Mathias Broth
16-17
Teachers
18/9
9-11
Group assignment
12-14
24:00
Group assignment
21/9
25/9
13-15
Nigel Musk
15-16
Leelo Keevallik
9-11
Group assignment
26/9
Report on the recording and transcription
Lecture: Multimodal transcription
Practice
Datasession demo: how to find your
phenomenon?
Literature discussion 1
Hutchby & Wooffitt ch.1-3, Have, Mondada
Datasession 1
Submit report on datasession
Report on the datasession,
present one phenomenon
Lecture: Collections
Literature: Hutchby & Wooffitt ch. 4,
Heritage
Lecture: Sequences
Literature: Hutchby & Wooffitt ch. 5,
Sidnell
Literature discussion 2
Hutchby & Wooffitt ch. 4-5
40
42
Group assignment
29/9
12-14
24:00
Datasession 2
Submit report on datasession
2/10
13-15
Charlotta Plejert
15-16
Teachers
3/10
9-11
Group assignment
12-14
24:00
Group assignment
6/10
Report on the datasession
Lecture: Applications
Literature: Hutchby & Wooffitt ch. 6-8,
Plejert et al.
Implications for research
Literature: Hutchby & Wooffitt ch. 9
Literature discussion 3
Hutchby & Wooffitt ch. 6-9
Datasession 3
Submit report on datasession
14/10
9.30
10-12
13-15
24/10
24:00
28/10
24:00
30/10
24:00
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Individual assignment
Writing the final report, preparing the poster
Poster setup
Everybody
Poster presentation
Individual assignment
Individual assignment
Individual assignment
Individual assignment
Individual assignment
Individual assignment
Revising the final report
Send the report to the reviewer
Reviewing
Submit the review
Final revision of your report
Submit your report
Course Literature
The coursebook (Hutchby & Wooffitt 2008) has been ordered through Bokakademin in
Kårallen (the Student Union).
Have, Paul ten (2002) “Reflections on transcription.” Cahiers de praxématique 39, 21-43
(google the title and download)
Heritage, John (2012) “The Epistemic Engine: Sequence Organization and Territories of
Knowledge.” Research on Language and Social Interaction 45(1), 30–52
Hutchby, Ian & Wooffitt, Robin (2008) 2nd edn. Conversation Analysis: Principles, Practices
and Applications. Cambridge: Polity Press.
Mondada, Lorenza (2006) “Video recording as the reflexive preservation-configuration of
phenomenal features for analysis.” In Knoblauch, H. et alii (eds.), Video
Analysis. Bern: Lang. Pp. 51-68
Plejert, Charlotta, Jansson, Gunilla & Yazdanpanah, Maziar (2014) “Response practices in
multilingual interaction with an older Persian woman in a Swedish residential
home. ” Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology 29(1), 1-23
Sidnell, Jack (2010) “Action and understanding.” In Sidnell, J., Conversation Analysis: An
Introduction. Chichester: Wiley-Blackwell. Pp. 59-76
Aims of the Course
After completing the course the student will be able to:
 plan and produce a video recording for research purposes in an ethically informed
manner,
 transcribe recorded data according to conversation analytic conventions,
 identify interactional phenomena,
 observe and describe different types of human interaction,
 analyse verbal and non-verbal aspects of interaction,
 apply current interaction analytic methods to empirical data,
 critically assess research articles in the field,
 display an understanding of the historical and theoretical underpinnings of
conversation analytic method,
 consistently demonstrate a familiarity with the accepted traditions of academic writing
within linguistics as regards structure, quotations and references,
 write in correct language and adopt an appropriate style for academic purposes.
Examination
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active participation in the transcription practice, reports, datasessions, literature
discussions, and the final presentation;
 fieldwork, video recording
 transcribing
 written report on datasession
 multimodal presentation of one phenomenon
 poster presentation
 peer-review
 written report on an individual analysis
All moments are obligatory and to be replaced with alternative assignments in case necessary.
Feedback
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oral feedback on transcription and in-class presentations and reports (according to
schedule)
peer feedback on the poster and the final report (according to schedule)
written feedback on the final report and overall performance
Grading
The course is graded on the following scale: Pass with distinction (VG); Pass (G); Fail (U).
International students are also awarded grades according to the ECTS grading scale.
The grade will be based on 60% final report, 20% poster presentation, 20% overall
performance.
Please follow the link below for information on disciplinary proceedings:
http://www.student.liu.se/regler/disciplinarenden?l=en&sc=true