In this fully revised and extended edition, Tony Edwards and David Westgate continue to examine methods of investigation for use in classrooms and ways in which researchers and teachers may advance their knowledge of classroom talk. They have taken the opportunity to add material on oracy and the importance of spoken language in the curriculum.; All research evidence and bibliographic material has been revised and updated. This book should continue to be an important text for a new generation of students and researchers in language and linguistics, social science and education studies.

Edwards, A.; Westgate, D. P. G.

1 A Rationale for Researching Classroom Talk: The Educational Status of Classroom Talk; The Status of Talk as Evidence; Concepts and Terminology. 2 Characteristic Patterns of Classroom Talk: Varieties of Classroom Language; Status, Knowledge, and Unequal Communicative Rights. 3 Research Purposes, Practices and Problems: Choice of Approach; Recording and Transcribing; Reality Observed. 4 Coding Classroom Interaction - Systematic Classroom Observation: Purposes and Methods; Systematic Classroom Observation: Assumptions and Limitations. 5 Interpreting Classroom Communication: Turns, Sequences and Meanings: Learning the Language; Curriculum and Communication; The Essential Teaching Exchange. 6 Analyses of Classroom Discourse: A Linguistic View; Normal Classroom Discourse; A Language Gap Between Home and School? 7 Conclusion.