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Chapter8Diariesanddiarystudies Today wewillpresentthechapter8toyou andwelcomeyouradvice Fromthetitle wehavealreadyknownthischapterisaboutdiariesanddiarystudies Andaccordingtotheneeds wedivideditinto5parts NowI llpresentthefirstparttoyou Thefirstpartincludestheintroductionaboutthediaries somedefinitions andthenatureofthediarydata Introduction Diary writingisapervasivenarrativeform Itplaysanimportantroleinmanypeople sprivatereflections anditiswidelyusedinspecializedandnonspecializedwaysindiversefields suchashistory literature anthropology autobiography sociology healthstudies clinicalpsychologyandpsychotherapy IneducationandinEnglishlanguageteaching thediarieshasbecomeincreasinglysignificantbothasareflectivegenre andasoneofabatteryofinterpretivemicro ethnographicresearchtechniques Mostdiary writingbelongsinthecategoriesofleastcontrolandselectionofdata Somedefinitions Itissucharough impulsivestudyoflifeitself itwillproveperhaps thatlifeisnotonethingbutchangesconstantly thatcharacterhasnotonefacebutathousand changingasthesepageschange Adiaryshouldcontainanecdotes accountsofconversations introspectiveaccountsofone sfeelingsattitudes motives understandinginrelationtothings events circumstances andshouldbekeptonacontinuousbasis Bailey swellknowndefinitionismoreformalized Adiaryisafirst personaccountofalanguagelearningorteachingexperience documentedthroughregular candidentriesinapersonaljournalandthenanalysedforrecurringpatternsorsalientevents Adiaryispersonalwithoneselfasaddressee long term andmayalsoberelativelyunboundedinthekindsoffacetsitrecords atleastwithinthebroadareawithwhichitisconcerned Atthesametime adiaryisnotonlyare creationofimmidiateexperiencebutisalsoawrittenrecord theactofwritingitselfisawayofstructuring formulatingandreactingtothatexperience whichisthenavailableforreflectionandanalysis Thediaryasanopen endednarrativegenre itistheprincipaltypeandbecauseofitsrelativefrequency itisnottheonlypossibleformat 1 Let smakeadistinctionbetweenlogs journals anddiaries 1 logsasarecordoffactualinformation 2 diariesasthekindofsubjectivetextdescribedinthepreviousparagraph 3 journalsasanamalgamofthetwo containingboth subjective and objective Diarydata rawdata Twoshortdiaryextracts ExtractA Teacher sdiaryAmlookingforwardtohavingmorestudentsnextterm particularlyinthisgroupwhichseemstooperatesomuchfromshiftingbalancesofpersonalitiesandothers reactionstothem Likeintroducingnewingredientsandseeingwhathappens worriedtodayaboutnot teaching enough atbestgivingthemopportunitiestoexploreinEnglish Notthattheclasswentbadly butIfeltIdidratherlittleofwork MaybeIshouldvolunteertoteachgrammarorsomethingnextterm IwonderwhyXofendoesn tunderstandthesimplestclassroominstructionsandexercises andwhyhereferstohimselfinthe3rdperson Heseemstowantto explore alotinEnglish butrevertsconstantlytotheelectronicdictionary ExtractB Learner sdiaryChattingbeforethebeginningoftheclass somepeoplesaidtheyfelttheyweren tmakinganyprogress PersonallyIfeelonabitofanupwardswingatthemoment thoughitwillnodoubtchange Thelanguagefeelslikeaconstantdiscoveryprocessasthingsgraduallyfittogether ammoreconfidentabouttalking andIcatchmyselfatoddmomentstryingtoworkoutwhatImightwanttosayinGreek thoughIstillhavetoworkitoutinEnglishfirst I mpleasedthatthingsthatseemedto crowedin toomuchatthebeginningofthecoursearenowbecomingmoreroutine thoughofcoursetherearenew blocks tofilltheirplace Thistimeit sthefutureofthepassiveverbs whichI vedecidednottolearntilllater Thenatureofdata Infact thediaryisnarrative anditisrathercasualandunpolished Therearefourfeaturesthatcanbeidentifiedascharacteristicofdiary generatedtext 1 Thetextualmaterialisvery rich bothquantitativelyandqualitatively inthatmorethanonethemeisaddressed 2 Thediaryisself evidentlysubjectiveandintrospectivewheretheperspectiveofthe I dominates andthisincludesfilteringtheassumedandreportedattitudesofothers 3 Diariesarenecessarilywrittenretrospectively evenifthetimelagbetweentheeventandtherecordingisveryshort justafteralesson sameday 4 Th