Using talk to scaffold referential questions for English language learners

Teaching and Teacher Education

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 396-404

  McNeil, Levi ^a  

^a Sookmyung Women's University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Referential questions; Scaffolding; Second language learning; Sociocultural theory; Teacher talk

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856487581     PISSN: 0742051X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tate.2011.11.005     Document Type: Article

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