TY  - JOUR
T1  - AN INVESTIGATION OF THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF THE INITIATION MOVE
AU  - Galegane, Golebamang
PY  - 2019
DA  - September
DO  - 10.18769/ijasos.531469
JF  - IJASOS- International E-journal of Advances in Social Sciences
JO  - IJASOS
PB  - OCERINT International Organization Center of Academic Research
WT  - DergiPark
SN  - 2411-183X
SP  - 979
EP  - 985
VL  - 5
IS  - 14
LA  - en
AB  - This research articleaddresses the use of the Initiation Move (I-Move) at higher learning and howthe students’ communicative competence is developed. The overall purpose ofthis research article was to investigate the different types of the I-Move in Communicationand Study Skills (CSS) classes at the University of Botswana (UB). Ininvestigating the I-Move to establish the different types, the ClassroomObservations were used among nine lecturers from the seven faculties of the UB.The said Classroom Observations were captured by video recording the ninelessons in CSS classes of the UB. From the nine lessons observed, a transactionwas selected for the analysis. In addition, the Initiation, Response, Feedback(IRF) moves were used to analyse the discourse from the Classroom Observations.The results indicate that a number of I-Move types namely; Informs, Directs,Checks, Questions were used and the most commonly used type was the ‘lecturerquestions’. Further, the results indicate a few instances where the studentsattempted to initiate the classroom talk, which in the process encouragecommunicative competence. The conclusion of the study was that the CSS classesare dominated by the lecturers. This is because during the I-Move, thelecturers take most of their time asking the students questions and informingthem about the topics under discussion. The investigation of the I-Move wasmeant to shed some light on how the lecturers can initiate the classroom talkin an endeavour to develop the students’ communicative competence.
KW  - Initiation Move
KW  - Communicative Competence
KW  - Classroom Interaction
KW  - Acts
KW  - Pattern of Interaction
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UR  - https://doi.org/10.18769/ijasos.531469
L1  - https://dergipark.org.tr/en/download/article-file/800841
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