This study reports on the strategies (overt and subtle) employed by students in one senior secondary school in Botswana to keep their teachers in an information-giving position. Contrary to the prevailing view that the 'teacher dominance' of classroom activities so often reported in classroom studies results from teachers' desire for social…

Focuses on the sophisticated means used by teachers to influence students to do things. The article discusses the resources available for modulation, presents the semantic continuum from subjective realizations via objective realizations to "demodalised" realizations, and applies this framework to teacher talk extracts. The article…

As the global economy becomes more integrated, incorporating international experiences into college curricula becomes increasingly desirable for American students and their counterparts abroad. This paper describes one model for creating an international, Web-based, distance-learning classroom that can be used as a guide for those who might wish…