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Mediated discourse in the intercultural classroom



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Mediated discourse in the intercultural classroom
The above discussion demonstrates that the English language teacher
and student should always remember that mediated discourse is different
from unmediated conversation, and does not offer an ideal model for, say,
everyday conversation or ethnographic interviewing strategies. Tolson
(1991), for example, observes that in one analysed section from a popular
British chat show, the guest asked more questions than the nominal inter-
viewer. However, their distance from unmediated discourse clearly does
not disqualify mediated exchanges from use in the intercultural language
classroom, especially if the goal is to explore cultural attitudes and beliefs.
For example, the interviews and sitcoms discussed above can be consid-
ered from several viewpoints. First of all, the laughter of the audience can be
analysed. An unannotated script of an exchange can be given to the students,
and they can be asked to predict where laughter will occur and suggest why.
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Their predictions can then be matched with a video presentation, and discus-
sion can ensue as to the cross-cultural differences in the comedy.
Mediated dialogues which parody conversational genres can also be
used to teach those genres – not least because parodies clearly expose, and
even criticise common generic structures. The structures of information
exchange, second-storying and gossip can be found in sitcoms and dramas,
although here the point will not be primarily to negotiate values but to
drive a plot, contribute to characterisation, or raise a laugh. The complex
mixture of witty banter and pseudo-revelation which characterises chat
shows can also be exploited (indeed parodied) in the ELT classroom. Jo
Soares’ interview with Patrick Swayze gives examples of both the construc-
tion of a ‘synthetic’ self-revelation (‘For me, it’s my heart’) and the witty
avoidance of ‘real’ self-revelation (‘Let them try’). An understanding of the
cultural conventions of talk-show discourse can help target the likely
language to be used (value-laden, personal, ambiguous, frequently sexual)
and the discourse conventions (the probing for revelation on the part of the
interviewer; the strategies used to counter this on the part of the inter-
viewee). In the end, mediated texts also play a prominent role in the real
world of discourse, and, for many learners, they are the most readily
available examples of the target language to be found outside the
classroom, in films and on cable television or satellite channels.

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