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López de Aguileta, Garazi; Torras-Gómez, Elisabeth; García-Carrión, Rocío; Flecha, Ramon – Language and Education, 2020
The dialogic nature of human beings has widely been argued in the scientific literature. Language, as a cultural and psychological tool, has the potential to construct social meanings, including those related to love, attraction and desire. In these emotional dimensions of the self, people use 'the language of desire', defined as the capacity of…
Descriptors: Ethics, Language Usage, Literary Criticism, Intervention
Le Roux, Kate – Language and Education, 2008
The concepts of "access" and "relevance" feature prominently in the discourse of change in mathematics education in South Africa. One way in which these concepts have been played out in mathematics classrooms is in the use of mathematical problems with real-world contexts. This paper presents a Critical Discourse Analysis of…
Descriptors: World Problems, Mathematics Education, Discourse Analysis, Foreign Countries

Westgate, David; Hughes, Maureen – Language and Education, 1997
Endeavors to reassert the validity of a many-faceted agenda to which qualitative analysis of classroom talk remains central and to present a review of advances made in the gathering and interpretation of talk-evidence so that possible lines of further development can be indicated. (44 references) (Author/CK)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classroom Communication, Cognitive Processes, Context Effect
Morgan, Candia – Language and Education, 2005
National Numeracy Strategy (NNS) guidance appears to characterise mathematical language as a set of specialist words with unambiguous definitions, yet analysis of the classroom transcript suggests that at least some mathematical concepts cannot be captured by such definitions. This paper explores the notion of definition within mathematics,…
Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, Definitions, Mathematical Concepts, Mathematics Instruction
Barwell, Richard – Language and Education, 2005
Mathematics is commonly seen as a discipline with no place for linguistic ambiguity. In this paper, the treatment of ambiguity in two data extracts is critically examined. Analysis draws on two contrasting models of the nature of mathematics and mathematical language. The formal model sees meaning as fixed and relating to language relatively…
Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, Models, Figurative Language, Mathematics

Wilson, John; Haugh, Brian – Language and Education, 1995
Argues that the method of "collaborative modelling" developed to teach reading skills may be utilized in generating and assessing pupil talk within the classroom. Pupil pairs were given different texts from science, English, and geography and asked to re-present them in another form. Results indicate the value of the talk emerging from…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Class Activities, Classroom Communication, Cooperation