Interactional Competences in Institutional Settings : From School to the Workplace

This interdisciplinary volume brings together leading scholars from several disciplines to uncover the key to young people’s socialization within institutional settings, from school to the workplace. Among the questions they consider are: what aspects of interactional competence are relevant for participation in practical activities within those settings? What are the interactional procedures through which diverse facets of interactional competence are recognized, legitimized and assessed in the course of practical activities? How do these procedures shape and reflect social institutions and people's understanding of them? The collection discusses interactional competences across a variety of institutional settings, and reflects on the institutional order by scrutinizing how such competences are interactionally treated within everyday institutional practices. The volume enriches an interdisciplinary understanding of fundamental concepts in the social sciences and will therefore be of interest to those working within linguistics, sociology, education, psychology of work, and speech therapy. Front Matter....Pages i-xv Introduction: Interactional Competences in Institutional Settings – Young People Between School and Work....Pages 1-26 Front Matter....Pages 27-27 Expressing Personal Opinions in Classroom Interactions: The Role of Humor and Displays of Uncertainty....Pages 29-57 The Use of Personal Storytelling in Speech and Language Therapist–Adolescent Interactions....Pages 59-88 Shaping Participation in Vocational Training Interactions: The Case of Schisming....Pages 89-116 Taking the Initiative in Job Interviews: Extended Responses to Questions and Storytelling....Pages 117-142 Newcomer Nurses’ Telephone Calls to Porters and Doctors: Inquiring and Reporting as Vehicles for Requests....Pages 143-168 Front Matter....Pages 169-169 Becoming a “Good Nurse”: Social Norms of Conduct and the Management of Interpersonal Relations....Pages 171-196 Toward a Conversation Analytic Framework for Tracking Interactional Competence Development from School to Work....Pages 197-225 Transitions and Interactional Competence: Negotiating Boundaries Through Talk....Pages 227-251 Transitioning to Effective Medical Practice: Junior Doctors’ Learning Through Co-working with Pharmacists....Pages 253-279 Back Matter....Pages 281-286