Offering an interdisciplinary approach, The Handbook of
Classroom Discourse and Interaction presents a series of
contributions written by educators and applied linguists that
explores the latest research methodologies and theories related to
classroom language.
* Organized to facilitate a critical understanding of
how and why various research traditions differ and how they overlap
theoretically and methodologically
* Discusses key issues in the future development of
research in critical areas of education and applied linguistics
* Provides empirically-based analysis of classroom
talk to illustrate theoretical claims and methodologies
* Includes multimodal transcripts, an emerging trend
in education and applied linguistics, particularly in conversation
analysis and sociocultural theory
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Numa Markee is Associate Professor in the Department of Linguistics at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA. He is an English Language Specialist for the US Department of State and author of Managing Curricular Innovation (1997) and Conversation Analysis (2000).