This book looks at an issue which is at the heart of every classroom – the role that talk plays in children’s learning. Drawing on a substantial research ba

Through analysing the talk that goes on in primary school classrooms, the book examines the process of talk and learning in detail and shows how teachers’ que

Providing children with opportunities to talk about their learning enables teachers to hear what children are thinking. Talking with one another allows children

Using examples from real classrooms, this insightful book demonstrates how gathering and analyzing data about patterns in verbal and nonverbal classroom communi

Addresses "the systematic development of skills in listening for and interpreting auditory information. Listening skills are a crucial but often-overlooked area