How can teacher talk support learning?

Linguistics and Education

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 132-148

  Sharpe, Tina ^a  

^a Sharpe Consulting (NSW)   (Australia)

Author keywords

Classroom discourse; High school; History; Systemic functional linguistics

Indexed keywords

EID: 47049091076     PISSN: 08985898     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.linged.2008.05.001     Document Type: Article

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