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© 2021 V&R unipress, Brill Deutschland GmbH ISBN Print: 9783847113232 – ISBN E-Lib: 9783737013239 3.3 Coordinator(s) andmoderation Inbookclubs, theremustbeat leastonecoordinatorwho is responsible for the management of the group, including booking themeeting place, selecting the workstobediscussed(althoughtherearecasesinwhichthebooksarechosenby theparticipants), keeping the agendaofmeetings, allocating turns to speakon the day of the meeting, updating the club’s website if there is one, etc. The coordinator is usually an expert in literature and/or working with groups of people, andbook clubmembers often give authority to the coordinatorwithin thegroup.This issometimesusedbythecoordinator to introduce theauthoror thework tobe studied to thegroupat thebeginningof the session. In dialogic literary gatherings, there is also a person who is in charge of moderatingthegroup,butthis taskmayrotateamongthedifferentparticipants, so it does not need to be the sameperson in everymeeting.When it comes to discussing thebooks, themoderator is just anothermember andabides by the samerulesastherestof thegroup.Thewaytoapproachaparticularreadingina gathering and the taskof themoderator are clear: people ask to speak in turns and highlight a paragraph, and the moderator notes who they are. The first personisallowedtospeak,highlightsanidea that is readwiththebookinhand, indicating thepage andparagraph, anddiscusses it.After this, the coordinator asksifanyonewantstocommentonwhatthefirstspeakersaid,generatinganew exchange of views. The coordinator allows the next person to speak and the process is repeated. The person whomoderates turn-taking makes a note as participants state they wish to speak. This is a transparent process whereby respectpervadesthemeetings,allowingthosewhowishtospeaktodosoinorder, thusavoiding interventionsoverlappingbetween thevariousparticipants.Good communication is achieved,whichpromotes learning anddiscussionbasedon arguments.Thisissomethingthatcanbemissingfromsomebookclubmeetings, because at times twopeople speakat a time, or turn thedebate into apersonal argument,makingmoderation difficult. In addition, a principle of egalitarian dialogueholds sway in literary gatherings,whichmeans that preferencewill be given to thepeoplewhowish to speakbuthave intervened less.However,when thereare literarygatherings inyoungerstudents’classrooms, thecoordinatorof theliterarygatheringis logicallytheteacher,althoughitcouldbeastudentinthe class. CarmenÁlvarez-Álvarez250 Open-Access-Publikation im Sinne der CC-Lizenz BY 4.0