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Maine, Fiona; Cermáková, Anna – Language and Education, 2023
Thinking together in primary classrooms has received much scholarly attention in recent years, with a focus on educational dialogue at the forefront of studies concerned with identifying what constitutes effective language for learning. Whilst the expression of explicit reasoning is often discussed, less attention has been given to the role that…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Vocabulary Development, Ethnography, Thinking Skills
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Grainger, Karen – Language and Education, 2013
It is a long-standing and commonly held belief in the United Kingdom and elsewhere that the use of elite forms of language reflects superior intellect and education. Expert opinion from sociolinguistics, however, contends that such a view is the result of middle-class bias and cannot be scientifically justified. In the 1960s and 1970s, such…
Descriptors: Language Attitudes, Language Variation, Language Usage, Middle Class
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MacRuairc, Gerry – Language and Education, 2011
The central role played by language in mediating school experience and the prestige accorded to standard language varieties within the field of education provide the broad rationale for this paper. This qualitative study, based on a friendship focus-group design, was conducted in two groups of 12-year-old children from contrasting "ideal…
Descriptors: Social Class, Language Variation, Educational Experience, Elementary School Students
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Davies, Alan – Language and Education, 1991
The 1980 and 1990 volumes of "The State of the Language," edited by Michaels and Ricks, are reviewed, including the selection of topics and contributors. (two references) (LB)
Descriptors: Book Reviews, Contrastive Linguistics, Discourse Analysis, Language Patterns