Gillian Is Conducting a Focus Group with Canadian Expats Teaching

question 31

Multiple Choice

Gillian is conducting a focus group with Canadian expats teaching English as a second language in Korea. During the session, Gillian notices that her participants really start to work together as a team to describe how feelings of homesickness are alleviated by involvement in expat potluck dinners organized by a local community group. She notices the participants have become interactive and productive and start to really value each other's points of view. Her participants even came up with a new idea for how to make these potluck dinners more inclusive and recognized they were using the dinners as a way to bridge their new and old cultures. Gillian was impressed that she didn't have to say much at all to keep the conversation going. According to Litosseliti, Gillian experiencing the ________ of the focus group.

• A) norming and performing stages
• B) adjourning stage
• C) forming and norming stages
• D) conversational stage

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Definitions:

Compositional Mode

Refers to the method or style in which written or artistic work is created, including its structure, arrangement, and approach.

Orientations

Introduction sessions or activities aimed at familiarizing new members with a particular environment or set of practices.

Digital Communication

The exchange of information between individuals through electronic means, such as the internet, email, or text messages.

Printed Message

Information or content that is published and disseminated in a physical, paper format.