Levelling the Playing Field: A Genre Analysis of Online Search Language and Behaviour in UK Higher Education

Leigh, Tim and Johnson, Frances (2020) Levelling the Playing Field: A Genre Analysis of Online Search Language and Behaviour in UK Higher Education. In: Proceedings: CHIIR '20: Conference on Human Information Interaction and Retrieval, 14 March 2020 - 18 March 2020, Vancouver, Canada.

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Official URL: https://dl.acm.org/doi/proceedings/10.1145/3343413

Abstract

This study examines the impact of non-native language speakers on their academic search queries, strategies and performance. Screen recordings and retrospective think aloud interviews were conducted with both native and non-native speakers. Based on a combined application of genre analysis and mapping of the participants’ query formulations and interactions, this research derives 4 distinct strands to an established model of the information search process. Key differences in the searches are highlighted and the use of search genre for accommodating all university students are discussed.

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
Published Proceedings:	Proceedings of the 2020 Conference on Human Information Interaction and Retrieval
Peer-reviewed:	Yes
Date Deposited:	16 Apr 2020 15:14
Publisher:	Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
Additional Information:	Copyright the authors.
Divisions:	Faculties > Arts and Humanities
URI:	https://e-space.mmu.ac.uk/id/eprint/625501
DOI:	https://doi.org/10.1145/3343413.3377991

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