Creating classroom communities of learning [ international case studies and perspectives

Features case studies based on transcripts of classroom interaction in nine different countries. This work explains the specific context and through a theoretical and/or experiential perspective

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Torres-Guzman, Maria E. (Author)
Other Authors: Barnard, Roger , 1946- (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Bristol, UK ;Buffalo, NY : Multilingual Matters , c2009
Series:New perspectives on language and education
Subjects:
Online Access:NetLibrary
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Under the interactional umbrella: presentation and collaboration in Japanese classroom discourse
  • 2. Teaching content, learning language: socialising ESL students into classroom practices in Australia
  • 3. Socialisation and "safetalk" in upper primary English language classroom in Brunei Darussalem
  • 4. Negotiating appropriateness in the second language in a dual language education classroom setting in New York
  • 5. Interaction in a Taiwanese primary school English classroom
  • 6. Learning through dialogue in a primary school classroom in England
  • 7. Constructing meaning in a bilingual learning environment: two primary classrooms in Malaysia
  • 8. Creating a community of learning in a New Zealand primary school classroom
  • 9. Language socialization in a Canadian secondary school course: talking about current events
  • 10. Afterword