Constructing 'ability' through talk
Bourne, Jill (2005) Constructing 'ability' through talk. NALDIC Quarterly, 2, (3), 1-7.
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Speaking and listening are often presented as individualised skills or competences, a perspective emphasised by current assessment regimes. This paper , in contrast, focuses on speaking and listening as a social and collective practice rather than a neutral skill, looking at learning as socially situated rather than an individualised developmental process. It examines the way in which notions of differential abiity are constructed through talk in a 'mixed ability' classroom, showing how school English is produced differently for different groups of students. The paper concludes by offering a framework for considering classroom teaching approaches which might help to ensure that those pupils least engaged by the curriculum are not corralled into the most impoverished forms of learning.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Additional Information: | Report from NALDIC Conference 12. National Association for Language Development in the Curriculum (NALDIC) |
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| Keywords: | ability, speaking and listening, pedagogy |
| Subjects: | L Education > LB Theory and practice of education P Language and Literature > P Philology. Linguistics |
| Divisions: | University Structure - Pre August 2011 > School of Education > Professional Practice & Pedagogy |
| Item ID: | 15337 |
| Date Deposited: | 04 Apr 2005 |
| Last Modified: | 02 Mar 2012 13:04 |
| Contributors: | Bourne, Jill (Author) |
| Date: | 2005 |
| Additional Information: | Report from NALDIC Conference 12. National Association for Language Development in the Curriculum (NALDIC) |
| Status: | Published |
| Contact Email Address: | j.bourne@soton.ac.uk |
| URI: | http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/15337 |
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