Socialization

'All those interested in children's early conversational abilities and competencies will immediately recognize the significance of this major contribution to the field. Not only does Sara Keel explicate the particularly subtle strategies children begin to display, she also sets her findings within a timely overview and analysis of the existent conversation analytic work on early socialisation.' Michael Forrester, University of Kent, UK 'In this book, Sara Keel illuminates the interactional competencies of two-year-old children. The detailed analysis shows - in pursuing parent responses to their assessments - young children are attuned to the negotiation of roles, the indexicality of rights and responsibilities, and the contiguity of social practices. A terrific read, not only for scholars in ethnomethodology and conversation analysis, but for students, practitioners and researchers of early childhood seeking to understand how socialization is achieved in everyday interactions.' Amelia Church, University of Melbourne, Australia 'For anyone interested in the detailed study of parent-child interaction, and how "socialization" might be approached using the unique tools of ethnomethodology and conversation analysis, this book has much to offer. It provides an enlightening overview of scholarly thinking on socialization, and grounds the concept in the concrete particulars of children's everyday interactions.' Mardi Kidwell, University of New Hampshire, USA 'This book breaks new ground in the examination of young children's embodied interactive, cognitive, and linguistic competences. Its careful analysis demonstrates how children aged 2-3 years act as agents to orchestrate and negotiate co-operative engagement with parents during interaction within assessment activities.' Marjorie Harness Goodwin, University of California, Los Angeles, USA