Creating Classroom Communities of Learning : : International Case Studies and Perspectives / / ed. by Roger Barnard, María E. Torres-Guzmán.

The case studies in this book are based on transcripts of classroom interaction in nine different countries. In each chapter, the first author explains the specific context and through a theoretical and/or experiential perspective interprets the transcript data. The data are then re-interpreted by o...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter MultiLingual Matters Backlist eBook-Package 2000-2013
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Place / Publishing House:Bristol ;, Blue Ridge Summit : : Multilingual Matters, , [2008]
©2008
Year of Publication:2008
Language:English
Series:New Perspectives on Language and Education
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Physical Description:1 online resource (192 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Contributors
  • Transcript Conventions
  • Foreword
  • Introduction
  • Chapter 1. Under the Interactional Umbrella: Presentation and Collaboration in Japanese Classroom Discourse
  • Chapter 2. Teaching Content, Learning Language: Socialising ESL Students into Classroom Practices in Australia
  • Chapter 3. Socialisation and ‘Safetalk’ in an Upper Primary English Language Classroom in Brunei Darussalam
  • Chapter 4. Negotiating Appropriateness in the Second Language Within a Dual Language Education Classroom Setting
  • Chapter 5. Interaction in a Taiwanese Primary School English Classroom
  • Chapter 6. Learning Through Dialogue in a Primary School Classroom in England
  • Chapter 7. Constructing Meaning in a Bilingual Learning Environment: Two Primary Classrooms in Malaysia
  • Chapter 8. Creating a Community of Learning in New Zealand: A Case Study of Students in a New School
  • Chapter 9. Language Socialization in a Canadian Secondary School Course: Talking About Current Events
  • Afterword
  • Index