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Download full textMcMahon, Susan I. – 1992
A study investigated the development of theme as five fifth-grade students read children's literature, recorded their responses in logs, and discussed their ideas in small, student-led peer groups. The five students met together as one group over the course of 5 weeks as they read historical fiction focused on Japan during World War II. Data…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Childrens Literature, Discourse Analysis, Discussion (Teaching Technique)
Peer reviewedBergeron, Bette S. – Journal of Classroom Interaction, 1993
Study explored differences in conversational power by comparing discourse in whole language and traditional basal second-grade classrooms. Researchers compared the contextual setting and discourse of rug-time during reading instruction in the classrooms. Results suggested two contrasts between teachers' rug-time discourse: imposed versus generated…
Descriptors: Basal Reading, Classroom Communication, Comparative Analysis, Discourse Analysis
Silberstein, Sandra, Ed. – 1993
A collection of essays for the 25th anniversary of the Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) addresses both theory and practice in the field of English-as-a-Second-Language teaching. Articles include: "Internationalism and Our 'Strenuous Family'"; "TESOL at Twenty-Five: What Are the Issues?";…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Classroom Techniques, Communicative Competence (Languages), Contrastive Linguistics
