1st Edition

Language, Learning, Context Talking the Talk

By Wolff-Michael Roth Copyright 2010
248 Pages 21 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

248 Pages 21 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

256 Pages 21 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

In what way do educators understand the language they use to make sense of the educational environment? How does language enable educators and how can they consciously make the most of its potential? Using the right language and setting the correct tone in the school classroom has repercussions for all involved; whether it affects the linguistic development of a student or the effective... Read more

Preface  1. Walking the Walk   2. Making Context in Talking  3. Speaking | Thinking as Distributed Process  4. Agency | Passivity in Communication  5. Cultured Conceptions  6. Talking Identity  7. Culturing Emotional Contexts  8. When is Grammar?  9. Con/Textures  10. Différance  Epilogue

Biography

Wolff-Michael Roth is Lansdowne Professor of Applied Cognitive Science at the University of Victoria, British Columbia.