Die an die Schüler/-innen gerichtete Sprache (SgS)

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Do teachers of German and biology shift the ways they talk to students between primary and secondary school, increasing their emphasis on conceptual literacy? Do they employ linguistic interactional tools in their teaching to help their students acquire relevant vocabulary? This video study focuses on teacher talk across four school grades and two curriculum subjects.

Autorentext

Katrin Kleinschmidt-Schinke, University of Cologne, Germany.