The discourse of whole class teaching: A comparative study of Kenyan and Nigerian primary English lessons

Language and Education

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-15

  Abd Kadir, Jan ^a   Hardman, Frank ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Classroom discourse; Pedagogy; Sub Saharan Africa; Teacher development

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846671482     PISSN: 09500782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2167/le684.0     Document Type: Article

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