"ma õpin eesti keelt" [i'm learning estonian]. autoethnographical reflections of a...
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Autoethnographic reflections of a learner as a chance-seeker.
Emanuele Bardonebardone@tlu.ee
A bit of background for this study
How the learner builds his/her own modus operandi
from the viewpoint of chance-seeking
instrumentalization
agenda setting
sense-makingforward-looking
tentative
appropriative
Autoethnography: how and why
Why is it salient for chance-seeking?
Autoethnography in a nutshell“Auto-ethnographers-as-authors frame their accounts with personal reflexive views of the self. Their ethnographic data are situated within their personal experience and sense making. They themselves form part of the representational processes in which they are engaging and are part of the story they are telling.” (Atkinson, Coffey, and Delamont (2003)
Chance-seeking as as first-hand experienceAccessibilityBasis for formulating more precise research questions and objectives
Estonian course for beginners
Rahvaülikool, Tartu
60 contact hours, twice a week
100% traditional course
No final test
23 sept-18 dec
Data collected refer to the first 9 weeks
What does a learner as a chance-seeker know (or assume to know) before he go
about learning a new language?
Do this work for me?
How do I know it?
Do this work for me? How? How do I know it?
At the moment I don’t and can’t know it
What I knew before I started
The sense of being overwhelmed: too many unfamiliar words
Hoping to get better - the need for a change
Being not just a passenger
...when life gives you lemon, make lemonade.
or...make use of whatever comes in handy
ups!
When life gives lemon, make lemonade but also limoncello.....
pre-existing habit
pre-existing resources
Why and when do I take pictures? Does that respond to a particular “logic”?
Chance encounters resonate with some previous habits, interests, etc.. no matter how relevant they are and
with no foresight into the future
Tinkering.....
Emergence of new, unpredicted ways for practicing beyond traditional ones
Tinkering on previous habits
Keep tinkering....
One thing leads to another...
Once a new habit has emerged, it may be purposefully adopted in other cases to make chance-seeking a bit less “blind”
Compounds: pay for one, get two
chance encounters.....on Tartu-Tallinn Bus
when I see that something works, I keep on trying...
re-appropriation by modification
Sense-making
Chances that haven’t turned out particularly useful (yet?)....
Some conclusions to draw
The one who never explores things for himself never appropriate
Complex ecologies provide more chance encounters
Previous habits/skills/knowledge are co-opted via resonating with chance encounters for creating new habits/skills/knowledge
Resonation provides the first basis for experiencing meaningfulness
Emergence of more purposeful strategies for habit formation in due course
What one can do is always subordinated to pre-existing resources. Never the other way around.
Õppida on mõnus!
aitäh teile!
Some conclusions to draw
The one who never tries never learns
Complex environments provide more chance encounters
Previous habits/skills/knowledge are co-opted via resonating with chance encounters for creating new habits/skills/knowledge
Resonation provides the first basis for experiencing meaningfulness
Emergence of more purposeful strategies for habit formation in due course
What one can do is always subordinated to pre-existing resources. Never the other way around.
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