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Heath, Shirley Brice – 1978
Teacher talk can be characterized as a "caregiving" style which has certain identifiable phonological, lexical, and grammatical features. Analysis of classroom discourse can make teachers and students of language aware of the process of communication, and can identify particular uses of nonverbal as well as verbal communication. This, in…
Descriptors: Classroom Research, Discourse Analysis, Language Arts, Language Patterns