Formal classroom lessons: New perspectives on a familiar discourse event

Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 255-273

  Sturm, Janet M ^a,c   Nelson, Nickola Wolf ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Child listening; Classroom; Communication; Discourse; Interaction; Teacher talk

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031502383     PISSN: 01611461     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/0161-1461.2803.255     Document Type: Article

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