Holmes, J. and Marra, Meredith. (2011) Harnessing storytelling as a sociopragmatic skill: applying narrative research to workplace English courses. TESOL Quarterly, Vol.45 (No.3). pp. 510-534. ISSN 0039-8322

Full text not available from this repository.

Abstract

Narratives are often overlooked in workplace talk, but they contribute in crucial ways to relationship building and identity construction in workplace interaction. In this article we analyse narratives told by skilled migrants from non-English-speaking backgrounds during a workplace internship conducted as part of a Workplace Communication course. The analysis adopts a social constructionist stance recognising that narratives are co-constructed between interactants in ongoing interaction. Although earlier TESOL research has made use of narratives as a source of information for designing teaching programmes and for improving specific linguistic features of fluency, this article demonstrates that narratives also provide (ESOL) teachers with an opportunity to empower students in their efforts to negotiate high-stakes environments such as workplace settings.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor H Social Sciences > HM Sociology P Language and Literature > P Philology. Linguistics P Language and Literature > PE English
Divisions:	Faculty of Social Sciences > Centre for Applied Linguistics
Journal or Publication Title:	TESOL Quarterly
Publisher:	Wiley-Blackwell Publishing, Inc.
ISSN:	0039-8322
Date:	September 2011
Volume:	Vol.45
Number:	No.3
Number of Pages:	25
Page Range:	pp. 510-534
Identification Number:	10.5054/tq.2011.256796
Status:	Not Peer Reviewed
Publication Status:	Published
Access rights to Published version:	Restricted or Subscription Access
URI:	http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/id/eprint/48345

Data sourced from Thomson Reuters' Web of Knowledge

Request changes to a record

Actions (login required)

View Item