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Publication details [#4125]
Gumperz, John J. 1981. Conversational inference and classroom learning. In Green, Judith L. and Cynthia Wallat, eds. Ethnography and language in educational settings. Ablex Publishing Company. pp. 3–23.
Publication type
Article in book
Publication language
English
Keywords
child | classroom conversation | ethnicity | experience | judgment | motivation | social status | teacher
Annotation
G. sketches the theoretical background of a classroom ethnography project aimed at the identification of developmental, social and ethnic differences in conversational strategies, and at showing how these differences affect teachers' judgments and the child's classroom experience and motivation.