Developing Interactional Competence

HANH THI NGUYEN is Associate Professor of Applied Linguistics at Hawaii Pacific University, USA. She has published on the development of interactional competence and classroom interaction in Text & Talk, Communication & Medicine, The Modern Language Journal, and Language & Education. She co-edited Talk-in-interaction: Multilingual Perspectives and Pragmatics & Language Learning Vol. 12.

Foreword by Cecilia E. Ford Acknowledgements List of Illustrations and Tables Transcription Conventions Introduction PART I: THE PHARMACY PATIENT CONSULTATION Historical Background and Impact on Healthcare Sequential Organization Topics and Topic Management Formulation of Objects and Processes Participation Frameworks PART II: THE DEVELOPMENT OF INTERACTIONAL COMPETENCE Action Sequencing Topic Management Formulation of Objects and Processes Self-Positioning in Participation Frameworks Discussion and Conclusion Bibliography Index