This book is about classroom discourse and looks particularly at the relationship between language, interaction and learning.

Section A: Problems and practices. 1. Introduction. 2. Classroom Discourse and Teaching. 3. Classroom Discourse and Learning. Section B Interventions. 4. Why Study Classroom Discourse? 5. Features of Classroom Discourse. 6. Traditional Approaches to Studying Classroom Discourse. 7. Alternative Approaches to Analyzing Classroom Discourse. Section C Theory. 8. Enhancing Understandings of Classroom Discourse. 9. Classroom Interactional Competence. 10. Summary and Conclusions.

Steve Walsh is a senior lecturer in the School of Education, Communication and Language Sciences, Newcastle University,UK. He is the Editor of Classroom Discourse, a Routledge journal.