Teacher-student talk in Singapore Chinese language classrooms: A case study of initiation/response/follow-up (IRF)

Asia Pacific Journal of Education

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 87-102

  Liu, Yongbing ^a,b  

^a NORTHEAST NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Chinese; Interaction; IRF; Singapore; Social constructivism

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449635563     PISSN: 02188791     EISSN: 17426855     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02188790701850071     Document Type: Article

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