An Analysis of Classroom Discourse - University of Birmingham

Table of Contents
1. Introduction 3
2. Sinclair and Coulthard’s Rank Scale 3
2.1 Act 4
2.2 Move 5
2.3 Exchange 6
2.3.1 Informing Exchange 7
2.3.2 Directing Exchange 7
2.3.3 Eliciting Exchange 8
3. Data Collected 9
4. The Appropriateness of Sinclair and Coulthard’s Rank Scale 9
4.1 Repeating vs. Eliciting 10
4.2 Non-Verbal Head Acts 12
4.3 Students Confuse Their Roles 14
4.4 Pupil Inform Exchanges 15
4.5 Follow-Up Move 16
5. Usefulness in Studying Classroom Communication 17
6. Conclusion 19
Appendix A 20
Appendix B 22
Appendix C 28
Reference 34
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