Talking, Listening, and Teaching: A Guide to Classroom Communication

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Preface Acknowledgments About the Author 1. Talking, Listening, Teaching: Understanding Classroom Communication Mary's Class: An Illustration What Is Communication? What Is Classroom Communication? Talking and Listening A Framework for Understanding Classroom Communication Studying Communication Patterns Reflecting on Classroom Communication 2. Treat Them All the Same: Supporting Classroom Communicative Competence I Treat Them All the Same What Is Classroom Communicative and Interactional Competence Home and School Communication Differences Gender Differentiation Communication Apprehension Reflecting on Classroom Communicative Competence 3. You Talk Like a Teacher: Collecting and Analyzing Classroom Communication Basic Classroom Communication Structure Variability in Classroom Communication Structure How to Examine Classroom Communication Patterns Reflecting on Classroom Communication Data 4. Why Don't They Do What Ask? Developing Effective Classroom Participation A Bad Beginning Organizing Effective Classroom Participation Teacher Talk Reflecting on Effective Classroom Participation 5. What Is 2+2? Examining Teachers' Questions Informant Questioning Strategies Types of Teacher Questions Ways of Directing Questions Characteristics of Good Teacher Questions Characteristics of Unproductive Questions Teacher Wait-Time Reflecting on Teachers' Questions 6. OK! Good! Exploring Teacher Feedback Purposes of Teacher Feedback Teacher Feedback Strategies Unproductive Teacher Feedback Reflecting on Teacher Feedback 7. Two Heads Are Better Than One: Utilizing Learner Groupings Turn Allocation in Whole-Class Grouping Small Groups/Pairwork Making Groups Work Reflecting on Learner Groupings 8. See What You're Saying: Recognizing Nonverbal Communication in the Classroom Functions of Nonverbal Communication Types of Nonverbal Communication Teachers' Use of Nonverbal Behaviors in the Classroom Reflecting on Nonverbal Communication 9. Professional Development: Reflecting on Classroom Communication and Interaction Reflective Practice as Professional Development Thinking About Your Own Classroom Reflecting on Classroom Communication and Interaction References Index