Teaching in Language and SoCial Interaction
Pedagogical Resources
This website was established by Leah Wingard and Stephen M. DiDomenico as a resource for scholars who currently teach (or wish to teach) Language and Social Interaction and related courses or who want to add these perspectives to their courses. It is updated periodically. Many thanks to those who have generously shared their teaching resources. Feel free to share your own LSI teaching resources (syllabi, assignments, reading lists, electronic resources and links) by submitting your inquiry or contribution via Contact Form.
Discourse and Social Practices (Tracy) – Syllabus
– Mini analysis paper
– Transcript for Mini analysis paper
– Controversial Topic Position Paper
– Discourse Analysis paper assignment
Introduction to LSI (Hallett) – Syllabus
Discourse and Society (Buttny) – Syllabus
Discourse and Society (Sierra) – Syllabus
Introduction to Language and Social Interaction (Reynolds) – Syllabus
– Final Assignment Guidelines
– Observation Assignment Guidelines
– Reynolds – Comment on Intro to LSI
Analysis of Language and Social Interaction – (Reynolds) – Syllabus
– Reynolds – Comment on Analysis of LSI
Introduction to Language and Social Interaction (Robles) – Syllabus
Analysis of Language and Social Interaction (Robles) – Syllabus
– Conversation Analysis Mini Analysis
– Critical Discourse Analysis Mini Analysis
– Ethnography of Communication Mini Analysis
Analyzing Talk and Text (Robles) – Syllabus
Social Interaction (Albert) – Syllabus
– Interaction Observation week 1
– Interaction Observation week 2
– Interaction Observation week 3
– Interaction Observation week 4
– Interaction Observation week 5
– Interaction Observation week 6
– Interaction Observation week 7
– Interaction Observation week 8
– Interaction Observation week 9
– Interaction Observation week 11
– Interaction Observation week 12
– Presentation Exercise -video-gathering-checklist
– Presentation Exercise
Discourse in Interaction (Wingard) – Syllabus
– Service Encounter Observation (Wingard)
– Repertoire Observation (Wingard)
– Guidelines for Reading Presentations (Wingard)
– Fieldnote: Cooperative Principle (Koenig)
– Fieldnote: Storytelling (Koenig)
LSI Research Methods (Wingard) – Syllabus
– Activity log assignment
– Presentation assignment
– Final Project guidelines
Language and Behavior (Dimock) – Syllabus
– Data Session Presentation
– Group Interview Project
– Semester Project
Discourse and Social Practices – MA Level (Tracy) – Syllabus
Discourse Analysis – PhD level (Tracy) Syllabus
– Written Homework for COMM 6410 (Tracy)
– Analyzing Discourse articles assignment (Tracy)
– Author idea assignment (Tracy)
Communication Culture and Nature (Carbaugh) – Syllabus
Grad LSI Methods (Wingard) – Syllabus
Compare positivist and interpretive approaches (Shrikant)
Entering the Field, Positioning (Shrikant)
Bracketing exercise Part 1 (Shrikant)
Bracketing Exercise Part 2 (Shrikant)
Interview Assignment (Shrikant)
Transcribed Data Part 1 (Skrikant)
Transcribed Data Part 2 (Shrikant)
Corpus analysis assignment (Tracy)
Transcribing Verbatim & AIDA Format (Tracy)
Conversation Analysis
Conversation Analysis (Raymond) – Syllabus
Language & Everyday Conversation (DiDomenico) – Syllabus
Language, Behavior, & Communication (Mandelbaum) – Syllabus
Relationships & Identities in Interaction (Mandelbaum) – Syllabus
Communication in the Professions (Lawrence) – Syllabus
Studying Social Interaction (Dori-Hacohen) – Syllabus
Ethnography of Communication
Cultural Codes in Communication (Carbaugh) – Syllabus
Communication in Everyday Life (Leeds-Hurwitz) – Syllabus
Communication and Culture (Ho) – Syllabus
Courses taught in Psychology departments
Everyday Life and Social Interaction (Whitehead) – Syllabus
Qualitative Methods (Whitehead) – Syllabus
Social Psychology and Relationships (Robles) – Syllabus
Qualitative Research 1 (Robles) – Syllabus
Qualitative Research 2 (Robles) – Syllabus
Psychology of Language (Baldwin) – Syllabus
Social Psychology and Communication (Pino) – Syllabus
Morality in Everyday Talk (Robles) – Syllabus
Intercultural Communication (Robles) – Syllabus
Intercultural Communication (Sierra) – Syllabus
Communication in the Justice System (Tracy) – Syllabus
Organizational Discourse (Putnam) – Syllabus
Presentation Techniques (Lawrence) – Syllabus
Talk in the Media (Dori-Hacohen) – Syllabus
Teasing in Interaction (Wingard) – Syllabus
Interviewing (DiDomenico) – Syllabus
Interpersonal Communication Theory (DiDomenico) – Syllabus
Discourse & Social Institutions (DiDomenico) – Syllabus
Qualitative Communication Research Methods (DiDomenico) – Syllabus
Language in US Society (Raymond) – Syllabus
Books used in LSI Courses
Transcription module for Transcribing for Social Research (Hepburn & Bolden)
Jefferson Transcription 101: How conversation analysts transcribe (“Emily does CA”)
Links to teaching resources on “EMCA” [Ethnomethodology-CA] (Ten Have)
An introductory tutorial in Conversation Analysis (Antaki)
Introduction to Conversation Analysis for National Institute’s of Health (Heritage)
Talk Bank
San Francisco State University LSI Video Archive (Wingard)
CA tutorial (Antaki)
Teaching Resources for Conversation Analysis and Ethnomethodology (Ten Have)
CARM – Conversation Analytic Role-Play Method (Stokoe)
How to Control a Conversation with a Single Word (Stokoe)
The science of analyzing conversations, second by second (Stokoe)
Comment on teaching the advanced interpersonal communication course (Arundale)
Thin-slicing talk in analyzing negotiation (Glenn)
LSI Textbooks
Garcia, A. C. (2013). An introduction to interaction: Understanding talk in formal and informal settings. A&C Black. https://doi.org/10.5040/9781350284821
Liddicoat, A.J. (2022). An Introduction to Conversation Analysis (3rd edition). London: Bloomsbury Academic. http://dx.doi.org/10.5040/9781350090675
