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Table 2 Teacher talk that encourages student expressions

From: Supporting new arrival students’ engagement with picture books: analysis of teacher talk using the appraisal theory

Interactant

Message

Transcript

T

1168

In this book I think we have got a little bit of

 

1169

If you look in this book

 

1170

go to this page in the middle (holds book up)

 

1171

One kind of Aboriginal language

 

1172

have a look at that for the moment

 

1173

Read with your partner

 

1174

read some of those words

(Students read with their partners)

  
 

1175

Listen for just a moment

 

1176

I’m interested in what S3 has discovered

 

1177

Tell them what you found out