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Speech Genres and Other Late Essays

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This article is published in Modern Language Review.The article was published on 1988-07-01. It has received 1398 citations till now.

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Expansive learning at work: Toward an activity theoretical reconceptualization.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examined the concept of expansive learning with the help of four questions: 1. Who are the subjects of learning, 2. Why do they learn, 3. What do they teach, and 4. How do they train?
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Discourse Analysis as Theory and Method

TL;DR: Discourse Analysis as Theory and Method as discussed by the authors is a systematic introduction to discourse analysis as a body of theories and methods for social research, which brings together three central approaches, Laclau and Mouffe's discourse theory, critical discourse analysis and discursive psychology, to establish a dialogue between different forms of discourse analysis often kept apart by disciplinary boundaries.
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Modern Social Imaginaries

TL;DR: The Modern Moral Order and the Specter of idealism as discussed by the authors have been identified as the foundations of the modern social imagination, and the modern moral order has been called the "Social Imaginary".
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Computer-Mediated Collaborative Learning: Theory and Practice.

TL;DR: A conceptual framework for understanding the role of computer-mediated interaction based on a sociocultural analysis of the relationship among text, talk, and learning is introduced and current research is analyzed according to five features particular to online interaction.
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The Architecture and Dynamics of Intersubjectivity in Science Classrooms

TL;DR: This paper examined instructional discourse from the perspective of how it involves the creation and maintenance of intersubjectivity, and explored some of the implications their analyses have for understanding the dynamics of inter-subjectivity in general and for understanding inter subjectivity in pedagogical settings in particular.
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The Expatriate Teacher as Postmodern Paladin.

TL;DR: This article argued that there are provocative parallels between EFL teachers and medieval knights errant, but that this comparison is tainted by the postmodern condition, which is seen to involve a failure of grand narratives; an emphasis on plurality, difference and change, often for its own sake; a concern with marginality and with those traditionally marginalized in social or other ways; encounters that take place in marginal or border territory; and the valorization of surface appearances and simulacra.
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PolyCAFe—automatic support for the polyphonic analysis of CSCL chats

TL;DR: The PolyCAFe system is presented, which provides tools that support the polyphonic analysis of chat conversations and online discussion forums of small groups of learners and finds the system useful and efficient.
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Inner City Life through Drama: Imagining the Language Classroom.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors describe how inner city youth organizations use role-playing to teach English as a second language or dialect to learners in inner-city youth organizations to retain their first language while gaining standard English and preparing for job entry.
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Stages in an online review genre

Maite Taboada
- 01 Mar 2011 - 
TL;DR: In this article, the SFL approach to genre and register is applied to the genre of online movie reviews, and a corpus analysis shows specific stages in the genre: Descriptive stages (in turn, Subject Matter, Plot, Characters, and Background) and an obligatory Evaluation stage.