How does the use of explicit ‘talk for learning teaching’ improve students’ collaboration, understanding and independence in English lessons?

<p>Talk plays a crucial role in the classroom from teacher discourse (Tolmie et al. 2010, Mercer, 2008) to pupils' social exchanges (Levine, Resnick and Higgins, 1993; Alexander, 2004; Mercer and Dawes, 2014; Gillies, 2014). The benefits for effective collaborative dialogue include intrin...