Interactional Competences in Institutional Settings

1. Introduction: Interactional Competences in Institutional Settings – Young People Between School and Work
Simona Pekarek Doehler, Cécile Petitjean

Part I. Institutional Practices Between School and the Workplace

2. Expressing Personal Opinions in Classroom Interactions: The Role of Humor and Displays of Uncertainty
Virginie Degoumois, Cécile Petitjean, Simona Pekarek Doehler

3. The Use of Personal Storytelling in Speech and Language Therapist–Adolescent Interactions
Geneviève de Weck, Audrey Sublon, Gwendoline Fox

4. Shaping Participation in Vocational Training Interactions: The Case of Schisming
Vassiliki Markaki, Laurent Filliettaz

5. Taking the Initiative in Job Interviews: Extended Responses to Questions and Storytelling
Adrian Bangerter, Paloma Gosteli-Corvalan

6. Newcomer Nurses’ Telephone Calls to Porters and Doctors: Inquiring and Reporting as Vehicles for Requests
Anca-Cristina Sterie, Esther González-Martínez

Part II. Transitioning into Work

7. Becoming a “Good Nurse”: Social Norms of Conduct and the Management of Interpersonal Relations
Helen Melander

8. Toward a Conversation Analytic Framework for Tracking Interactional Competence Development from School to Work
Hanh Thi Nguyen

9. Transitions and Interactional Competence: Negotiating Boundaries Through Talk
Meredith Marra, Janet Holmes, Keely Kidner

10. Transitioning to Effective Medical Practice: Junior Doctors’ Learning Through Co-working with Pharmacists
Christy Noble, Stephen Billett

Keywords: Linguistics, Applied Linguistics, Discourse Analysis, Sociolinguistics, Sociology of Work, Sociology of Education, Linguistic Anthropology