“We’re talking about mobility:” Discourse strategies for promoting disciplinary knowledge and language in educational contexts

• Published in: Linguistics and education Vol. 48; pp. 61 - 75
• Main Author: Larsson, Pia Nygård
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Elsevier Inc 01.12.2018; Elsevier Science Ltd
• Subjects: Classroom communication; Classroom discourse strategies; Disciplinary literacy; Discourse strategies; Education; Knowledge; Language acquisition; Language usage; Learning environment; Metadiscourse; Science teaching; Secondary school students; Semantic Waves; Semantics; Semiotics; Systemic functional linguistics; Teachers; Semantic waves; Disciplinary literacy; Science teaching; Classroom discourse strategies; Metadiscourse; Systemic functional linguistics

•Explores the building of disciplinary knowledge and literacy in school contexts.•Examines teacher–student conversations as a dynamic language use.•Contributes to the understanding of content area teachers’ discourse strategies. Content area teachers have a crucial task in promoting students’ buildi...