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He, Agnes Weiyun; Keating, Elizabeth – Issues in Applied Linguistics, 1991
Explores ways in which expert and novice roles are constituted and maintained in an academic counseling encounter. Characterizes the meeting as a socializing, problem-solving event and uses functional linguistics and discourse analysis to describe how the counselor and student mark stance through linguistic choices such as polarity, modality,…
Descriptors: Academic Advising, Case Studies, Discourse Analysis, Educational Counseling
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Goodlad, Sinclair – Studies in Higher Education, 1997
A University of London (England) study investigated attitudes of 282 graduate teaching assistants (GTAs) concerning teaching skill instruction they receive. Pre-workshop surveys over three years found a consistent pattern of anxieties and problems. Workshops were provided to address these concerns. The workshops used brainstorming, simulation,…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Brainstorming, Communication Skills, Discussion (Teaching Technique)