Culturally based miscommunication in classroom interaction

Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 245-254

  Crago, Martha B ^a   Eriks Brophy, Alice ^a   Pesco, Diane ^a   McAlpine, Lynn ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aboriginal education; Classroom discourse; Miscommunication; Oral narrative; Sociocultural differences

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031482487     PISSN: 01611461     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/0161-1461.2803.245     Document Type: Article

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