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McVittie, Janet – Language and Education, 2004
In this study, the oral conversations of primary students were examined in an effort to understand how student participation and role in discourse community affects their learning. Discourse analysis provided both an analytical framework for analysing student and teacher talk and a definition of discourse communities. The concept of discourse…
Descriptors: Student Participation, Discourse Communities, Discourse Analysis, Elementary School Students