The Effects of an Instructional Conversation on English Language Learners’ Concepts of Friendship and Story Comprehension1

Talking Texts: How Speech and Writing Interact in School Learning

Volumn , Issue , 2017, Pages 221-252

  Saunders, William M ^a,b   Goldenberg, Claude ^c  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LessonLab Research Institute   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 85145528710     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781315087450-9     Document Type: Chapter

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