Classroom Discourse Analysis

<p>This second edition of <i>Classroom Discourse Analysis</i> continues to make techniques widely used in the field of discourse analysis accessible to a broad audience and illustrates their practical application in the study of classroom talk ideal for upper-level undergraduate and graduate students in discourse analysis applied linguistics and anthropology and education. Grounded in a unique tripartite dimensional approach individual chapters investigate interactional resources that model forms of discourse analysis teachers may practice in their own classrooms while other chapters provide students with a thorough understanding of how to actually collect and analyse data. The presence of a number of pedagogical features including activities and exercises and a comprehensive glossary help to enhance students‘ understanding of these key tools in classroom discourse analysis research. </p><p>Features new to this edition reflect current developments in the field including:</p><ul> <p> </p> <li>increased coverage of peer interaction in the classroom</li> <p> </p> <li>greater connecting analysis to curricular and policy mandates and standards-based reform movements</li> <p> </p> <li>sample excerpts from actual student classroom discourse analysis assignments</li> <p> </p> <li>a new chapter on the repertoire approach an increasingly popular method of analysis of particular relevance to today’s multilingual classrooms</li> </ul>