Characteristics of teacher talk and learner talk in the online learning environment

Language and Education

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 391-407

  Blanchette, Judith ^a  

^a ROYAL ROADS UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Asynchronous; Classroom discourse; Conversation analysis; Speech acts; Teacher talk

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449589506     PISSN: 09500782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09500780802691736     Document Type: Article

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