Introduction : ways of talking about talking and learning / Donald L. Rubin Speaking creatures in the classroom / Judith Wells Lindfors Oral language and learning / Douglas Barnes Negotiation, language, and inquiry : building knowledge collaboratively in the classroom / Cynthia Onore Asking questions about questions / Theresa Rogers, Judith L. Green, and Nancy Ryan Nussbaum Play talk, school talk, and emergent literacy / Lee Galda and A.D. Pellegrini Talking up a writing community : the role of talk in learning to write / Anne Haas Dyson Talking in writing groups / Anne Ruggles Gere Reading and response to literature : transactionalizing instruction / Stanley B. Straw Teacher/student talk : the collaborative conference / Muriel Harris
Talking life and literature / Susan Hynds
Student performance of literature / Elizabeth C. Fine
Dramatic improvisation in the classroom / Betty Jane Wagner
Learning to listen and learning to read / Sara W. Lundsteen
Oral activities in the English classroom / Phil Backlund
Language diversity and learning / Lisa D. Delpit
Bilingual/ESL learners talking in the English classroom / Sarah Hudelson
The silent sounds of language variation in the classroom / Jerrie Cobb Scott.
