The Genre of Consultations

Abstract

This study was conducted to investigate the genre moves pattern used in teacher-student consultations which given as support for portfolio learning at King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi (KMUTT). The subjects were the undergraduates in KMUTT, who were studying Science or Engineering. The main instrument used in this study was the transcripts from the consultations. In the findings, five compulsory genre moves together with a further three optional moves were found. It is hoped that this five-move pattern may be useful for developing consultations.