Dr.+Barrera


 * July 28**
 * The Act and Action of Writing: A Dialogue on Writing and Its Role in Research**

Nancy Nelson

Bakhtin, Problems of Dostoevsky's Poetics

//Negotiation stratagems;// his term to refer to discourse devices used during negotiation of literary meaning that serve to shift or change the interpretations and thinking of those involved in the discussion

Give-and-take nature of negotiation process had to look at contracts, business law

Nelson Spivey: Meaning for a text is a dynamic semantic product

The Junto Club inspired by Ben Franklin Their relationship to reading played out in their interactions later. Did you get any verbal measures of the kids? (This was a dissertation defense question). No, the nature of student who wants to be in Book Club is going to be a more advanced student. None of them participated in Junto Club before.
 * Participants:** five students, one from each grade 1-5

What negotiation stratagems did group members use at they interacted? What patterns can be seen in turn-taking...?
 * Questions:**

How did meaning develop...?

Transcribed into Excel huge flatscreen TV to see videos, Excel, and word open at same time

Students read book silently; response sheets: What do you think this book meant? Passed that sheet around.... everyone gave feedback to how first person responded. Then, they engaged in a discussion about the book. Written part helped them to prepare to discuss book. Greyed section is one student; white section another student,etc. Oral Response; code stratagems in the next column Did you have someone to term those stratagems with you? Another doctoral student on her own coded and then collaborated.
 * Reliability**

480 stratagems, only 6 they could not agree on

When you're scoring, you need to be consistent.

When student uses more than one strategy, counted twice (double coded).

Looked at: Points of Entry, Holding the Floor (whose topic is being talked about),

Concurrence of Meaning The book we read today means this to us... Compared communal meaning statements and final reflections; for sake of group they'd agree, but in own response journal, sometimes they'd construct a different meaning or interpretation.... **oral discourse may propel or generate a certain point of view.**
 * Method:**

First two sessions, the communal meaning was a summary. After that, thematic statements.

Changes in Meaning Columns in Excel: Participant's Meaning, Discussion, Analysis, Change
 * Was discussion influencing new thinking?**

Six sessions
 * Results**

What sustained kids to keep dialogue going? Trying to achieve a common interpretation. Instructions you give them beforehand are utterly important. //Come to a consensus of what book means.// Turn Taking (really looked at this for committee who were worried that first graders may not contribute as much) Brianne participates less, which reflects on her reason for being there (alternative to latchkey kid). Points of Entry Hold Floor Participants' Agreement and Disagreement with Communal Meaning as Stated in Their Final Reflections Gave a Table of examples of Changing in Meaning

intersubjectivity of negotiation; I have to see your thinking or your knowledge to be able to persuade you...
 * Contributions**

Questions have to be focused and clear. What data sources help me to answer those questions? Guides study. Go to dissertations for your field of study. See how they've been done. See all that is not present in a journal article. Look at a study's method and results to support your study.

Start with the self; it becomes who you are.
 * Writing Un-Written: The "Nonlinear, Recursive, and Hierarchical" Model of Academic Authorship**
 * Pick a chair who knows their stuff and that you can TRUST.

-Write -Read; understand the discourse in your field. Want to get published in that journal? Sound like them. -Thick Skin

Academia: Nelson and Flower and Hayes Writing is like a house of cards. Change one word or one sentence, cite wrong person, the whole thing can collapse. Quantitative approach, use these verbs, avoid these. Very specific


 * The Rhetorical Triangle: Ethos, Pathos, Logos** Rankins (?) model



Double-Voicing and Scholarly "I" Bahktin

Take other's words but utilize them with a new intention... .you can even refute it. You're using someone's voice but adding your own. In a single utterance, may have two voices.

The Scholarly "I": With whom do you identify yourself? With whom do you align? Who is this person citing? That will tell you who they are and where they stand.

Authoritative speech: you have authorization to talk about a specific content or knowledge "Author" Truth claims are supported by Research and Experience What does this mean?

--Academic Tribes and Territories (Becher, 1989)

--Stance and Engagement (Hyland, 2005)

Tangent: DEFINE UP FRONT THE WAY YOU ARE USING YOUR TERMS!!!!

This is where I stand on this topic. Voice as a researcher. Writers relate to readers with respect to positioning.

//Our results SUGGESTS...// //...for static images SURELY cannot...// //Another fascinating case study...//
 * Hedges:** possible, might, perhaps... show noncommittal affiliation.
 * Boosters**: Clearly, obviously, demonstrate... show certainty and mark involvement
 * Attitude markers**

//I argue that further researcher needs to be developed....// //From the reading I have done...//
 * Self-Mention**

Engagement and Features of Reader Positioning Speak to the reader as if they know as much as you know (think of adult learning theory). Each chapter needs to give reader guidance as to your approach, you don't want the reader to get lost. You're convincing them! Ask them to recall something from another section. //As we discussed in chapter 3,...// Reader pronoun (We, you, your) //Athough we lack knowledge...// Personal Asides //As I believe many TESOL proffessionals would readily acknowledge....// //Of course, we know that...// //As you know,...// //As we all know,...//

Textual acts...//See Lambert and Jones for...// //Look at Table 2 for example// //Before attempting to measure density one should...//
 * Directives**
 * Suggestions**

//Consider...// //Think about...// //It is important to note...// //What do these two have in common, one might ask?//

Interaction, initiation into a club, intentional and directive.

Email Dr. Barrera at: esbarreraiv@me.com

Q&A Time Line for your dissertation? Two semesters and a summer to get proposal ready Dissertation took 2 years Writing

Save all versions with that date.

Use ENDNOTE. Stay focused on your question... don't go off on tangents. Keep three questions on wall in front of desk.