Description: Examines the interactions between learners and teachers in a content-based classroom. This book aims to identify patterns of discourse which support both second language development and curriculum learning, and the pedagogical contexts in which they occur. It puts forward a fresh approach to the analysis of classroom discourse.
Brief description: Pauline Gibbons is Adjunct Professor of TESOL at the University of New South Wales, Australia.
Review Quotes:
"Gibbons presents a compelling argument for teachers to be critically aware of their own language uses, as they enable collaborative dialogues with and amongst their students. For teachers, researchers and students in linguistics and education, this book is an invaluable resource."
Barbara Lasserre, Lecturer, ELSSA