<strong>Investigating Classroom Discourse</strong> is an exciting new series which addressesthe need for a refreshing approach to research on areas of spoken la... » 

Investigating Classroom Discourse is an exciting new series which addressesthe need for a refreshing approach to research on areas of spoken language.These previously compartmentalized contexts such as media discourse andclassroom discourse are brought together through the common use of corpuslinguistics as a framework for analysis.Investigating Classroom Discourse presents language use and interaction asthe basis of good teaching and learning and provides teachers and researcherswith the tools to analyse classroom discourse and move towards more effectiveinstruction.The book provides an overview of the existing approaches to describing andanalysing classroom discourse and identifies the principal characteristics ofclassroom language by focusing mainly on the second language classroom. Othercontexts featured include primary and secondary classrooms as well as highereducation settings.Using spoken corpora such as classroom recordings and reflective feedbackinterviews from a sample group of teachers Steve Walsh demonstrates the SETTSelf Evaluation of Teacher Talk as a framework for analysing discourse withinthe classroom and highlights the improvements SETT promotes.Investigating Classroom Discourse will appeal to applied linguists teachersand researchers of TESOL as well as practitioners on MEd or taught doctorateprogrammes. «