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33 compulsory with (0.2) school subjects =
34 =>something like that?< = other than (0.4)
35 say athletics °( ) sort of°,=
36 Lect: =°Right°. Now when you say that’s a
37 Christian school, (0.4) u:m (0.7) is it
38 u: m (.) was it a schoo:l of: the sort of
39 the traditional sort of (0.2) religions in
40 Australia, or wha- some of the newer sort
41 of America[n sort of mission].
->42 Aya: [It’s a reform chu]rch u:m school,
43 (0.4)
44 Lect: °Mm huh°,
45 Aya: They had um: like uh: religious studies,
46 an- u:m (2.5) I’m- I’m not sure if it was
47 really traditional. (1.0) was more (1.4) it
48 was compulsory subject (.) yet, (0.3)
49 wasn’t really °( )°
50 (1.5)
51 Lect: I- I- I-(0.2) I think it’s some of the newer
52 Christian schools, which aren’t (0.4) the
53 Church of England schools or the Uniting
54 schools (.) often take as their models,
55 Aya: Mmm.
56 Lect: American(.) high schools very specifically.
57 (0.3) U:m (0.4) although I think >you know<
58 lots of high schools don’t really ( ).=
59 Aya: =Yeah.=
60 Lect: =I was just interested whether or not.
61 (1.2)
->62 Aya: Cause the reform (0.2) churches from (.)
63 Dutch (0.2)background [and]
64 Lect: [Ah:] right.=
65 Aya: =So u:m (0.6)it’s not( )that traditional.
66 (0.4)
67 Lect: Yeah.=
68 Aya: =Mm.
In this excerpt, the students had been asked to reflect on their own high school
experiences outside the designated curriculum. Kathy’s response in line 11 is
short and unelaborated, which makes Dr. Lucas ask a confirmation question in
line 13 to make sure she has no more to say. When Dr. Lucas’ attention turns to