Settings and the Institutional Organization of Language  

Discursive activity in any setting (classrooms, coffee bars, laboratories, greenhouses, or the virtual settings of the Internet), occurs within a semiotic system, and it is useful to think of settings in this way. And, because I've be recently integrating an Activity Theory perspective into my teaching of qualitative research en methods, I wanted to describe the socially-situated organization of talk-in- context in Minneapolis's neighborhood coffee houses. I'm very pleased that Beth Sokolowski's drawings capture the typified activities indigenous to the settings and demonstrate what an important role the setting plays.

Berkenkotter, Carol. University of Minnesota (1998). Articles>Language>Assessment>Cognitive Psychology

Writing and Problem Solving  

Problem solving is common ground for all the disciplines and fundamental to all human activities. A writer is a problem solver of a particular kind. Writers 'solutions' will be determined by how they frame their problems, the goals they set for themselves, and the means or plans they adopt for achieving those goals.

Berkenkotter, Carol. WAC Clearinghouse (2001). Articles>Writing