Apprentice Transcript

A: I was the project manager I lost money, the reason I lost money and I could’ve made a fortune in that shopping centre this morning, if we’d started this morning //

Sir Allen:  could’ve, could’ve yeh could’ve, should’ve, would’ve, yeh but you didn’t, right?

A: No Sir Allen I didn’t

Sir Allen: No you didn’t, yeh (2) I think I’ve heard enough for me to make a very, very difficult decision here today

Claire: Sir Allen may I say one more thing please?

Sir Allen: (2) if you insist

Claire: I think in this whole competition if you sit back and remain quiet and under the radar people assume that they’re safe and I’ve been bold and I know I’m vocal //

Sir Allen: You have been bold alright, don’t worry about that

Claire: and it puts me in a vulnerable position, sorry I’ve sat here …

Sir Allen: Trouble is, you know, you never back off, you know what, I’ll tell you what I’m gonna do with you, I’m getting sick and tired of you denying all this, you know, I’m sick of looking at you at the moment get out that door, get back to the bloody house …

·         Unequal encounters, power asymmetry

·         Conflict of power

·         Power behind the discourse

·         Convergence

·         Divergence

·         Conditional Language – epistemic verbs (modal)

·         Pronoun choices

·         Tag Questions

·         Repetition –emphasis & clarity  

·         Colloquial language

·         Compare with – Dragon’s Den or teacher & student transcript  

·         How does Sir Allen assert power?

·         How does Claire attempt to challenge Sir Allen’s power?