The Misteaching of Academic Discourse

by Lilia I. Bartolomé and Lilia I Bartolome

In her book, The Misteaching of Academic Discourses, Lilia I. Bartolome thoughtfully discusses the significance of teaching working-class linguistic minority students academic discourse styles necessary for success in school and she powerfully describes one teacher's attempts to do so. The author presents her classroom study as a case in point and captures the ideological battle of wills that results when one teacher attempts to elicit from students...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813331447
• ISBN13: 9780813331447
• Release Date: April 1998
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.2" x 9.3"