Bridging discourses in the ESL classroom : students, teachers and researchers

Bridging discourses in the ESL classroom : students, teachers and researchers / by Pauline Gibbons.

Bridging Discourses in the ESL Classroom examines the interactions between learners and teachers in the language classroom. It aims to identify patterns of discourse which enable second language development but also support the learning of curriculum knowledge. These patterns are 'bridging disc...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Gibbons, Pauline, 1946-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London ; New York : Continuum, ©2006.
Subjects:
English language > Study and teaching > Foreign speakers.
Second language acquisition.
Interdisciplinary approach in education.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > General.
English language > Study and teaching > Foreign speakers
Interdisciplinary approach in education
Second language acquisition
Tweedetaalverwerving.
Taalonderwijs.
Engels.
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Table of Contents:
  • Chapter 1 'Bridging Discourses' in the ESL classroom: an introduction; Part 1 Language, learning and learners: perspectives across disciplines; Chapter 2 A sociocultural view of language and learning; Chapter 3 Second language learning and teaching; Part 2 Inside two classrooms; Chapter 4 Researching the classroom; Chapter 5 Teaching and learning in two classrooms; Part 3 Discourse contexts for second language development; Chapter 6 Teachers and learners: constructing new meanings; Chapter 7 The teachers: teaching as mediation; Chapter 8 The learners: affordances for learning.

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