LINGUIST List 17.2546

Sun Sep 10 2006

Books: Discourse Analysis/Sociolinguistics: Ho

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Directory         1.    Philipp Waelle, Classroom Talk: Ho
Message 1: Classroom Talk: Ho
Date: 06-Sep-2006
From: Philipp Waelle <p.waellepeterlang.com>
Subject: Classroom Talk: Ho


Title: Classroom Talk Subtitle: Exploring the Sociocultural Structure of Formal ESL Learning Series Title: Linguistic Insights. Studies in Language and Communication. Vol. 27 Published: 2006 Publisher: Peter Lang AG
                http://www.peterlang.com

Book URL: http://www.peterlang.com/Index.cfm?vLang=E&vSiteID=4&vSiteName=BookDetail%2Ecfm&VID=10761

Author: Debbie G.E. Ho Paperback: ISBN: 3039107615 Pages: 254 Price: U.S. $ 52.95
Paperback: ISBN: 3039107615 Pages: 254 Price: U.K. £ 30.70
Paperback: ISBN: 3039107615 Pages: 254 Price: Europe EURO 43.80 Comment: for Germany and Austria EURO 46.90 (incl. VAT)
Abstract:

This study explores the field of ESL (English as a Second Language)classroom learning within a formal learning institution. Influenced by thesociocultural theory in SLA (Second Language Acquisition), the book shedslight on the question that has been boggling the minds of languagepractitioners and researchers: Why is ESL classroom talk the way it is?Based on a case study of a school in an ESL community, it arguespersuasively that classroom talk may be linked in important ways to anoperative sociocultural structure of ESL pedagogy over and above theclassroom at the institutional level.

The book examines issues which have here-to-fore been avoided by writersand researchers in current SLA writings and classroom studies. It confrontscomplex and complicated contextual and research methodological issues tomake visible what has up to now been that elusive "structure" behind the oralpractices in language classrooms. Research methods are drawn fromlanguage education and several disciplines within linguistics and the socialsciences. Emerging from a multidisciplinary methodological framework are anumber of surprising revelations about the meanings and functions of ESLclassroom talk.

Contents:

The ESL Classroom in the Formal Learning Context- ESL Classroom Talk and the Sociocultural Theory in Formal ESL Learning- Ethnography and an Ethnomethodological Approach to Data Collection andAnalysis- The Bruneian ESL Context - A Case Study- The Features of Classroom Talk in the Grammar English Lesson- The Perception of a Sociocultural Structure in ESL Formal Instruction- Classroom Talk and the Expression of the Sociocultural Structure of ESLFormal Learning.

Linguistic Field(s): Discourse Analysis                             Sociolinguistics
Subject Language(s): English (eng)
Written In: English (eng )

See this book announcement on our website: http://linguistlist.org/get-book.html?BookID=20996


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