Contrastive Analysis of Primary School and College Classroom Talks: The Sinclair - Coulthard 'Birmingham' Model Approach

摘要

With a more accurate picture of natural classroom discourse, teachers and researchers are in a better position to evaluate what goes on in the classroom. In this paper, using the collected data, I will try to analyze primary school and college classroom talks and make a comparison between the two under the direction of the Sinclair - Coulthard 'Birmingham' model.