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Table 7 Negotiating accordance in group interaction

From: Pedagogic register analysis: mapping choices in teaching and learning

 

Role

sp

Interact

Act

I think it’s number 4 to be honest.

K1

S1

Display

Choice

I don’t,

ch

S2

Demur

Display

I think it’s number 6.

K1

 

Display

Choice

I don’t,

ch

S3

Demur

Display

I think it’s number 3

K1

 

Display

Choice

look because that one (pointing) has that in the middle and it’s got a half one in the middle.

  

Display

Reasoning

No

ch

S4

Demur

Display

because that one is that

K1

 

Display

Reasoning

I think it’s that one.

  

Display

Choice

Mrs Dawes is coming.

K1

S2

  

Do you agree on number 5? Do you agree on 5?

K2

 

Inquire

Accordance

[others presumably agree by nodding, DR]

K1

 

Concur

Choice

[writes ‘5’]

K2f

 

Display

Choice