Augusta Beltowski
Case Study #1: Self
Contextual Information:
Description:
In my internship classroom, after school, usually between 3:45-4:15, with my CT, via speech
In the living room, usually for 25 minutes between 8-9pm, with my fiancé, via speech
In my friend’s apartment, usually for 30 minutes (2-3 times a week) between 7-8pm, in the kitchen with girlfriend, via speech
Most Important:
In the living room, watching TV, with fiancé
The duration of the conversations will be 30-35 minutes
(# of observations)
Topics discussed: (Longest to shortest)
· Work/Internship (His work/ my internship/my work)
· Moving out of state in a year
· Family
· Taking care of our dogs
Duration of Topics: (In minutes)
Work/internship / Moving / Family / Dogs9/15 / 10 / 0 / 7 / 12
9/16 / 12 / 5 / 7 / 10
9/17 / 10 / 5 / 7 / 15
9/21 / 15 / 0 / 7 / 10
9/22 / 15 / 3 / 10 / 7
9/24 / 12 / 3 / 7 / 7
9/25 / 12 / 0 / 10 / 3
9/27 / 15 / 2 / 12 / 6
9/28 / 12 / 0 / 10 / 10
9/29 / 15 / 0 / 8 / 12
9/30 / 12 / 0 / 8 / 15
10/1 / 10 / 12 / 5 / 7
TOTAL / 150 / 31 / 98 / 114
Pie chart then table!
Make Table for this information
A / B / C / D / E / F / G / H / I / J / K / L9/15 / 9/16 / 9/17 / 9/21 / 9/22 / 9/24 / 9/25 / 9/27 / 9/28 / 9/29 / 9/30 / 10/1
Information goes before chart!
What Communication Breakdowns Look Like:
Fiancé: Scrunches eyebrows, looking at me, shakes his head from side-to-side. (as though he is shaking his head “no”) Then he tilts his head and says “huh?” or “what?”
Me: I scrunch my eyebrows, looking at him, tilt my head to the side, and say “what?” or “hold up?” or “wait, what?” in an agitated tone.
Topics with the Greatest Amount of Breakdowns (in order, greatest frequency to least)
· Work/internship
· Dogs
· Family
Topic with the Greatest Amount of Breakdowns:
· Work/internship
o We tend to have breakdowns in this topic area because we don’t have much interaction. The time
On line graph chart the frequency of CB in targeted topic
Charts go now!!!!!
Most likely cause of CB
What happens now, how do we fix it
Telling him specifically that I don’t know what he is talking about.
Reflection: What do you know now that you didn’t know before you started?
-language competence
Introductory Paragraph and then list