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Gonzalez, Dafne – Forum, 1998
Discusses the incorporation of content-based instruction in the English department of one school. As a result, verbal interaction was increased. With this success, the use of narratives was implemented in a whole-language project, with an emphasis on discourse analysis, specifically story grammar. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, English (Second Language), High Schools, Second Language Instruction
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Bergeron, 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