1st Edition
A Guide to Teaching Effective Seminars Conversation, Identity, and Power
Acknowledgements
Chapter One: Introduction
Chapter Two: Moving from Lectures to Seminars
Chapter Three: Power and Ways of Talking
Chapter Four: Improvisation and Performance: The Importance of Timing
Chapter Five: Getting the Floor
Chapter Six: Performing Identities
Chapter Seven: Agreeing to Disagree
Chapter Eight: Cross-Cultural Dynamics
Chapter Nine: Electronically Speaking
Glossary
References
Index
Biography
Susan R. Fiksdal is Member of the Faculty in Linguistics and French at The Evergreen State College, USA.
"If you have ever dreaded walking into a seminar room, this is the book for you. I spent more than twenty years training graduate students and lecturers to be more effective seminar leaders. I wish that I had had this book then—my task would have been a lot easier. This is a wonderful little book by an exceptionally accomplished teacher and researcher."
- Carolyn Martin Shaw, Professor Emerita, former Provost of Kresge College, and former Chair of the Anthropology Department, University of California, Santa Cruz
"Fiksdal harnesses all the conceptual, theoretical, and methodological power of sociolinguistics to produce an excellent practical guide for seminar facilitators. Readers will find the book extremely useful. It’s a rare book that combines utility with great intellectual depth and theoretical development."
- Douglas D. Roscoe, Associate Professor of Political Science and Director of General Education, University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth
