Nodding and note-taking: Multimodal analysis of writing and nodding in student counseling interaction
The paper studies the activity of note-taking in interactions between a university student counselor and an undergraduate student. The study is based on authentic videotaped discussions recorded in a Finnish university. The study concentrates on sequences consisting of a question, an
answer, and the taking of notes. The aim of the paper is to present a detailed multimodal analysis on how the note-taker moves from not writing to writing and how nodding is used in both receiving the answer and indicating the transition from listening to taking down notes. Listening and note-taking
are seen as a dual involvement depending partially on the same embodied resources, especially the gaze and bodily orientation. The shift from listening to note-taking often is indicated with a pronounced writing initial nod.
Keywords: conversation analysis; counseling; institutional interaction; multiactivity; multimodal analysis; nodding; note-taking; writing
Document Type: Research Article
Publication date: 01 January 2016
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