Download or read book The Handbook of Classroom Discourse and Interaction written by Numa Markee and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2015-04-20 with total page 560 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Offering an interdisciplinary approach, The Handbook ofClassroom Discourse and Interaction presents a series ofcontributions written by educators and applied linguists thatexplores the latest research methodologies and theories related toclassroom language. • Organized to facilitate a critical understanding ofhow and why various research traditions differ and how they overlaptheoretically and methodologically • Discusses key issues in the future development ofresearch in critical areas of education and applied linguistics • Provides empirically-based analysis of classroomtalk to illustrate theoretical claims and methodologies • Includes multimodal transcripts, an emerging trendin education and applied linguistics, particularly in conversationanalysis and sociocultural theory