The primary tasks of the therapist can be described as listening to what the client says and making space for what the client has not yet said. According to Anderson and Goolishian, the therapist should take a not-knowing stance in this dialogic process. The question remains, however, what not-knowing exactly means. In this article, I will explore this question and I will propose the concept of...

corrective feedback (cf) and its different types have long absorbed many scholars and practitioners. as ellis (2009) mentioned some experimental studies need to be carefully designed to discover the relative effectiveness of each of these cf techniques. the goal of this qualitative study was to discover whether the employment of different cf strategies could bring about an attitudinal shift. to...

This paper examines and reflects on a selection of approaches to technology enhanced learning that focus on the promotion of contemporary interactions and thinking. These processes and practices are articulated in terms of dialectic and dialogic dimensions of learning dialogue. We hold that these dialectic and dialogic processes (interpreted broadly) are a primary 'engine' for stimulating and s...

While online students may wish to see their teacher on video, there may be practical, pedagogical, affective or political reasons for hesitating. Drawing on my own experiences of online teaching both on a Masters programme and a MOOC (EDCMOOC), the paper raises questions about approaches to teaching, misrepresentation, surveillance and teacher agency. I conclude that though there are problems i...

Family therapy is moving increasingly toward evidence-based practice and competency-based training. This article explores what might seem to be an unlikely link between social constructionist supervision, which is based on dialogic and fluid processes of meaning-making, and the increasing reliance on discrete core competencies in the education and training of family therapists. We propose an al...

The paper provides cross-linguistic measurements of everyday language use based on the C-ORAL-ROM multilingual corpus of spontaneous speech. The average and the variation coefficient of a series of standard parameters are provided, faced to the main sociological and structural contexts of spoken language use. Mid-Length of Utterances (MLU); Mid-Length of the dialogic turn (MLTw); Speed; Mid len...

Purpose this study aims to discuss the use of Brazilian sign language as the first language for a deaf individual going to a bilingual dialogic clinic from dialogic activities. Methods This is a longitudinal study, including one deaf individual, called N, interacting with his family and speech therapists. Results During the therapeutic process developed inside the bilingual dialogical clini...

The “visionary leader” narrative and Performance Mindset that predominate in theories and practices of change leadership are no longer effective in an environment of multi-dimensional diversity marked by volatility, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity. Developments over the past thirty years in organization development theory and practice, which have led to what we call Dialogic Organization...

The linguistic-communicative paradigm offers some interesting perspectives in a context where the perception of patient needs is considered a critical step in high-quality care. This study describes healthcare organizations as linguistic communities based on the conceptual framework of Habermas' communicative action theory. Four communicative models are present in healthcare settings: objectify...

What does it take to argue well? The goal of this series of studies was to better understand the cognitive skills entailed in argument, and their course of development, isolated from the verbal and social demands that argumentive discourse also entails. Findings indicated that young adolescents are less able than adults to coordinate attention to both positions in an argument, an agerelated pat...