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Michaels, Sarah and James Collins. 1984. Oral discourse styles: Classroom interaction and the acquisition of literacy. In Tannen, Deborah F., ed. Coherence in spoken and written discourse. Ablex Publishing Company. pp. 219–244.

Publication type

Article in book

Publication language

English

Keywords

classroom conversation | communicative style | literacy, L1-acquisition of | oral vs. written

Annotation

A report on two studies, both using methods of conversational analysis, one investigating verbal interaction in a classroom setting, the other studying the transferability of cohesive devices from oral discourse into written language.