NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing all 2 results Save | Export
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
PDF on ERIC Download full text
Peter, Christine Atieno; Mukuthuria, Mwenda; Muriung, Peter – Journal of Education and Practice, 2016
Presupposition, a linguistic element can be employed in utterances. When this is done it enhances the comprehension of what is being communicated. This aspect of language that is implicit assumption of an utterance is a strategy that may be used to express a speaker's socio-political dominance. The truth of what is said is taken for granted and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Debate, Political Influences, Social Influences
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
PDF on ERIC Download full text
Huan, Fang; Wang, Li – International Education Studies, 2011
In the attempt to evaluate the quality of teacher talk, recent communicative approaches have suggested that the modification of teacher classroom speech and the functional distribution of teacher talk in terms of pedagogical goals should be considered (Seedhouse: 1996). This study investigates the relationship between language use and pedagogic…
Descriptors: Self Evaluation (Individuals), Discourse Analysis, Classroom Communication, Discourse Modes