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Timpe Laughlin, Veronika; Wain, Jennifer; Schmidgall, Jonathan – ETS Research Report Series, 2015
This review paper constitutes the first step within a larger research effort to develop an interactive pragmatics learning tool for second and foreign language (L2) learners and users of English. The tool will primarily endeavor to support pragmatics learning within the language use domain "workplace." Given this superordinate objective,…
Descriptors: Pragmatics, Second Language Learning, Communicative Competence (Languages), English (Second Language)
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Howe, Christine; Abedin, Manzoorul – Cambridge Journal of Education, 2013
Recognizing that empirical research into classroom dialogue has been conducted for about 40?years, a review is reported of 225 studies published between 1972 and 2011. The studies were identified through systematic search of electronic databases and scrutiny of publication reference lists. They focus on classroom dialogue in primary and secondary…
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, Literature Reviews, Reference Materials, Elementary Secondary Education
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Omanson, Richard C. – Discourse Processes, 1982
Presents an analysis of prose narratives that allows content to be identified as central and provides a priori rationale for why the content is central. Investigates which content is supportive of, or distracting to, the central content. (FL)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Discourse Analysis, Evaluation Methods, Learning Theories
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Crookes, Graham – Applied Linguistics, 1990
Discusses prominent base units of discourse analysis designed for dealing with structural characteristics of second-language discourse, and offers arguments in favor of selecting the utterance as a valuable base unit. (95 references) (GLR)
Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, Evaluation Methods, Language Research, Oral Language
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Moe, Alden J. – 1979
A review of the literature and an examination of the state of the technology is presented in this discussion of text analysis with computers. The computer capabilities of several available text analysis programs are reviewed, including those that examine vocabulary, word strings, sentence and syntactic complexity, and readability. (AEA)
Descriptors: Computer Programs, Computers, Discourse Analysis, Evaluation Methods
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Lindsay, Jean S. – Journal of Research and Development in Education, 1990
This article reviews major investigations that utilized discourse analysis as the method to examine classroom interactions. Discourse analysis is proposed as a valuable technique for educational evaluation. Included in the review are discussions of Bellack's teaching cycles, Sinclair and Coulthard's classroom discourse system, and Mehan's…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Classroom Research, Discourse Analysis, Elementary Secondary Education