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Publication details [#28398]

Gumperz, John J. and Margaret Field. 1995. Children´s discourse and inferential practices in cooperative learning. Discourse Processes 19 (1) : 133–147.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

bilingualism | classroom conversation | second language acquisition | task-dependency of processing

Language as a subject

English, American | Spanish

Place, Publisher

Ablex Publishing Company

ISBN

0163-853X

Journal WWW

www.erlbaum.com/Journals/Electronic/electronic.htm

Annotation

This analysis of classroom interaction in a cooperative learning program demonstrates that children left to themselves actively work at the learning task, but tailor the issues to their own needs.