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Publication details [#6655]

McDermott, Ray P. 1977. The ethnography of speaking and reading. In Shuy, Roger W., ed. Linguistic theory: What can it say about reading? International Reading Association. pp. 153–185.

Publication type

Article in book

Publication language

English

Keywords

classroom conversation | ethnography of speaking | reading, L1-acquisition of

Annotation

On the necessity of applying ethnographical methods to the classroom situation, in order to understand who learns what, and more particularly who learns to read, given the teacher-student relations, and the ways they verbally interact.