Conversation-driven and Dialogic-driven, Which One is Better? A Journal Article Review 2 The title : Engaging learners: conversation-or dialogic-driven pedagogy? Citation : Chappell, Philip. (2014). Engaging learners: conversation-or dialogic-driven pedagogy? English Language Teaching Journal , 68(1), 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1093/elt/cct040 DOI : https://doi.org/10.1093/elt/cct040 The author : Philip Chappell The source : academic.oup.com/eltj The researcher begins with an opinion form one of the EFL students. It is followed by the elaboration of the movement of ‘conversation-driven’ that is the result of the misgiving of lessons in classroom relying on theo...
Introducing Discourse Analysis: A Book Review The book entitled “Introducing Discourse Analysis” is a well-written and accessible book talking about the basic knowledge of discourse analysis. This book is written by an English educator and Professor of TESOL, David Nunan who has published over one hundred books and articles in the area of curriculum and materials development, classroom-based research, and discourse analysis. Within this review, the reviewer would like to consider to book in the framework of discourse analysis handout for undergraduate students in the English Education. It is divided into three elements. Firstly, it is the author’ turn to explain his ideas, concepts, and understanding under the issue of discourse analysis. Here, the author provides complete understanding on discourse analysis. Secondly, it is still the author’s turn in providing the examples of what has been addressed in the first part. The examples are taken from various reliable sources. Thirdl...
A Book Review Discourse Analysis: An Introduction By Brian Platridge To begin with, the book entitled “Discourse Analysis: An Introduction” is written by Brian Paltridge. This is the second edition for the very first one for undergraduate students, graduate students, teachers, or even researcher who are interested in this topic. It is focusing on the discourse analysis for those who are interested in it are starting to know further about discourse analysis. The author is a professor of TESOL who has taught English as a second language. He also has published extensively internationally in peer-reviewed journals. In addition, this edition is equipped by a companion website which provides fruitful slides on power-point. The book focuses on discourse analysis including the definition, how it is related to society, pragmatics, genre, conversation, and grammar in chapter one to six. Also, it discusses on the several types of approaches to discourse analysis. Ultimately, it also...