Academic Discourse: Linguistic Misunderstanding and Professorial Power

by Monique de Saint-Martin, Jean-Claude Passeron, Pierre Bourdieu, et al.

Book Overview

Education depends crucially on language: knowledge and skills are taught through a process of linguistic exchange. But how much of the language used by teachers and professors is actually understood by students? To what extent does the social background of students affect their capacity to understand the language used in the classroom or the lecture hall? Why do students and teachers overestimate the success of the educational process and underestimate...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0804726884
• ISBN13: 9780804726887
• Release Date: March 1996
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"