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Direct linkde Wal Pastoor, Lutine – European Journal of Psychology of Education, 2004
This article explores the mediational role of classroom discourse in the development of shared understanding in the multiethnic classroom. Successful participation in classroom discourse not only requires linguistic and cognitive competence, but also demands cultural knowledge, which often is taken for granted. Research carried out in a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Classroom Communication, Cultural Pluralism, Cultural Awareness
Download full textWheeler, Rebecca S.; Swords, Rachel – 2001
Correctionist models of error, problem, and omission presume that Standard English (SE) is the sole language variety of America. America's classrooms, however, are neither culturally nor linguistically monolithic. Instead, they are diverse, and current teaching metaphors do not reflect the linguistic and cultural realities of the classrooms. This…
Descriptors: Achievement, Applied Linguistics, Classroom Communication, Classroom Research
