Investigating Classroom Talk

Name: Investigating Classroom Talk
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ISBN: 9780750703253

ISBN-10: 0750703253

ISBN-13: 9780750703253

Edition: 2nd 1994 (Revised)

Authors: D. P. G. Westgate, A. Edwards

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Book details

List price: $72.95
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 1994
Publisher: Routledge
Publication date: 8/1/1994
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 216
Size: 6.50" wide x 9.50" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.836
Language: English



Series Editor's Preface to the Second Edition


Glossary of Essential terms


Introduction



A Rationale for Researching Classroom Talk



The Educational Status of Classroom Talk



The Status of Talk as Evidence



Concepts and Terminology



Characteristic Patterns of Classroom Talk



Varieties of Classroom Language



Varieties of Classroom Discourse



Status, Knowledge, and Unequal Communicative Rights



Research Purposes, Practices and Problems



Choice of Approach



Recording and Transcribing



Reality Observed



Reality Reported



Coding Classroom Interaction



Systematic Classroom Observation: Purposes and Methods



Systematic Classroom Observation: Assumptions and Limitations



Interpreting Classroom Communication: Turns, Sequences and Meanings



Learning the 'Language'



Curriculum and Communication



The Methodical Management of Turns and Topics



The 'Essential' Teaching Exchange



Analyses of Classroom Discourse



A Linguistic View



'Normal' Classroom Discourse



Competence in the Classroom



A Language Gap Between Home and School?



Conclusion


Annotated Bibliography


References


Author Index


Subject Index