Drilling the mirror routine: From non‐situated looking to mobile practice in driver training. (7th March 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Björklund, Daniel
• Other Names: Deppermann Arnulf guestEditor.
• Is Part Of: International journal of applied linguistics. Volume 28:Number 2(2018)
• Page Start: 226
• Page End: 247
• Publication Date: 2018-03-07
• Subjects: conversation analysis -- ethnomethodology -- learning -- looking -- social interaction; etnometodologi -- konversationsanalys -- social interaktion -- seende -- lärande; Applied linguistics -- Periodicals; 410
• DOI: 10.1111/ijal.12201
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0802-6106

Abstract

Abstract : This paper uses ethnomethodology and conversation analysis to trace the instructed development of a practical skill (the 'mirror routine') in a driving school in Sweden. Focusing the interaction between instructor and student, it applies a micro longitudinal perspective by examining five video excerpts from a total of ≈15 minutes of one driving lesson with a single constellation of student/instructor. Detailed analyses show how, by deploying different instructional resources, instructions are adapted to operate under a range of mobile and infrastructural contingencies, distinguishing between stationary and mobile instructions while considering the reflexive relation between the two. By and large, learning the mirror routine is a complex task in which the participants must deal with issues of instructions, temporality and practical multi‐activity at the same time.