Making text talk

Teachers and students must build semantic connections between words of the text and already familiar ways of speaking, integrating the formal language of the subject into their own ways of speaking. This article demonstrates how classroom dialogue can help make textbook language part of the language...

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Published in:Theory into practice 1989-04, Vol.28 (2), p.136-141
Main Author: Lemke, J.L.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Atoms
Classroom Communication
Content Area Reading
Discourse Analysis
Electrons
Elementary Secondary Education
Energy levels
Ground state
Homework
Language
Oral Language
Reader Text Relationship
Reading Comprehension
Science Instruction
Semantics
Speech Communication
Teacher Response
Teacher Student Relationship
Teachers
Teaching Methods
Textbooks
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Summary:Teachers and students must build semantic connections between words of the text and already familiar ways of speaking, integrating the formal language of the subject into their own ways of speaking. This article demonstrates how classroom dialogue can help make textbook language part of the language of the students. (IAH)
ISSN:0040-5841
1543-0421
DOI:10.1080/00405848909543392