Steve Walsh - Exploring Classroom Discourse: Language in Action (Routledge Introductions to Applied Linguistics)

Series editors:

Ronald Carter, Professor of Modern English Language
University of Nottingham, UK

Guy Cook, Professor of Language and Education
Open University, UK

Routledge Introductions to Applied Linguistics is a series of introductory level textbooks covering the core topics in Applied Linguistics, primarily designed for those entering postgraduate studies and language professionals returning to academic study. The books take an innovative practice to theory approach, with a back-to-front structure. This leads the reader from real-world problems and issues, through a discussion of intervention and how to engage with these concerns, before finally relating these practical issues to theoretical foundations. Additional features include tasks with commentaries, a glossary of key terms, and an annotated further reading section.

Exploring English Language Teaching

Language in Action

Graham Hall

Exploring Classroom Discourse

Language in Action

Steve Walsh

The innovative approach devised by the series editors will make this series very attractive to students, teacher educators, and even to a general readership, wanting to explore and understand the field of applied linguistics. The volumes in this series take as their starting point the everyday professional problems and issues that applied linguists seek to illuminate. The volumes are authoritatively written, using an engaging back-to-front structure that moves from practical interests to the conceptual bases and theories that underpin applications of practice.

Anne Burns, Aston University, UK

Exploring Classroom Discourse

Language in Action

Steve Walsh

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Walsh, Steve.
Exploring classroom discourse: language in action/Steve Walsh.
p. cm. (Routledge Introductions to applied linguistics)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Language and education. 2. Oral communication. 3. Discourse analysis. 4. Interaction analysis in education. 5. Second language acquisition. I. Title.
P40.8.W34 2011
370.14 dc22
2010041937

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