OP 23. Changing Views of Language in Education and the Implications for Literacy Research: An Interactional Sociological Perspective

By: Jenny Cook-Gumperz, John J. Gumperz
Publication: National Center for the Study of Writing and Literacy Occasional Paper
Date: 1990

Summary: In examining classroom language, the authors suggest a perspective which sees this language as a process of verbal communication that includes culture-bound and contextual knowledge.