Investigating Classroom Talk

by Edwards,A.

• ISBN13: 9780750703253
• ISBN10: 0750703253
• eBook ISBN(s): 9781135720247
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 1994-08-01
• Publisher: Routledge
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Summary

In this revised and extended edition, the authors examine methods of investigation for use in classrooms and ways in which researchers and teachers may advance their knowledge of classroom talk.

Table of Contents

Series Editor's Preface to the Second Edition
Glossary of Essential terms
Introduction	p. 1
A Rationale for Researching Classroom Talk	p. 9
The Educational Status of Classroom Talk	p. 11
The Status of Talk as Evidence	p. 15
Concepts and Terminology	p. 17
Characteristic Patterns of Classroom Talk	p. 29
Varieties of Classroom Language	p. 29
Varieties of Classroom Discourse	p. 38
Status, Knowledge, and Unequal Communicative Rights	p. 44
Research Purposes, Practices and Problems	p. 55
Choice of Approach	p. 56
Recording and Transcribing	p. 60
Reality Observed	p. 74
Reality Reported	p. 78
Coding Classroom Interaction	p. 83
Systematic Classroom Observation: Purposes and Methods	p. 83
Systematic Classroom Observation: Assumptions and Limitations	p. 96
Interpreting Classroom Communication: Turns, Sequences and Meanings	p. 101
Learning the 'Language'	p. 101
Curriculum and Communication	p. 106
The Methodical Management of Turns and Topics	p. 113
The 'Essential' Teaching Exchange	p. 124
Analyses of Classroom Discourse	p. 134
A Linguistic View	p. 134
'Normal' Classroom Discourse	p. 138
Competence in the Classroom	p. 149
A Language Gap Between Home and School?	p. 162
Conclusion	p. 169
Annotated Bibliography	p. 172
References	p. 175
Author Index	p. 193
Subject Index	p. 198
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