Discourse analysis of students and non-teaching staff conversations

Obiageli Okpala

Abstract


This study investigated the structure and functions of some
discourse strategies in students and non-teaching staff
interactions in tertiary institutions in Anambra State. 15 nonteaching
staff and 30 students were randomly selected for the
study sample. The theory used for the study was conversation
analysis theory developed by American Sociologist Harlod
Garfinkel. The method of data collection was audio record
through non-participant observation. The study found out that
students interact freely with non-teaching staff in students and
non-teaching staff interactions in Nnamdi Azikiwe University,
Awka and Chukwuemka Odumegwu Ojukwu University, Igbariam
Campus. The study discovered also that both students and nonteaching
staff initiated and interrupted interactions in
conversation in students and non-teaching staff interactions in
Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka and Chukwuemka Odumegwu
Ojukwu University, Igbariam Campus, unlike students’
relationship with their teachers as found out in some reviewed
studies in the research. The study recommended for similar study
in other universities outside Anambra State.

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