A Dialogic Approach to Argumentation: Using a Chat Room to Develop Early Adolescent Students' Argumentative Writing

Describes how a teacher and researcher in Australia engaged students in chat-room discussion as a bridge between speaking and writing. Discusses the characteristics of formal written argumentation and recent theoretical reemphasis on its rhetorical and dialogical nature. Describes the classroom stra...

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Published inJournal of adolescent & adult literacy Vol. 47; no. 2; pp. 146 - 157
Main Authors Morgan, Wendy, Beaumont, Glenn
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Hoboken International Reading Association 01.10.2003
Blackwell Publishing Ltd
Subjects
Adult literacy
Argumentation
Australia
Chat
Chat Rooms
Dialogism
Elementary school students
Elementary School Teachers
Foreign Countries
Instructional Innovation
Literacy
Literacy Education
Persuasive Discourse
School uniforms
Secondary Education
Speaking
Student Attitudes
Teachers
Teaching Methods
Uniforms
Writing
Writing Instruction
Writing teachers
Australia
England
New York
Queensland Australia
United Kingdom > UK
United States > US
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Summary:Describes how a teacher and researcher in Australia engaged students in chat-room discussion as a bridge between speaking and writing. Discusses the characteristics of formal written argumentation and recent theoretical reemphasis on its rhetorical and dialogical nature. Describes the classroom strategies devised to develop the students' ability to write analytical exposition. Elicits key principles on which this dialogic approach was based and identifies conditions that encouraged its success. (SG)
ISSN:1081-3004
1936-2706