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Table 4.2

Differences between Home and Classroom Talk

Characteristics more
likely in HOME talk

Characteristics more
likely in CLASSROOM talk according to:

Conversation is symmetrical	asymmetrical	Camaioni,1979
Child knows the rules of the game	must discover them	Villes,1983
Background is shared	is less shared	Villes,1983
Adults’ control is challenged	is not challenged	Tlzard,1982
Child's initiations are frequent	are rare	Cole et al.,78
Adults' style is supportive	is tutorial	Velis,1981
Clarification requests are frequent	are rare	Mehan,1979
Child has more chance to talk	has less chance	MacLureZFrench ,81
Test-type Questions are rare	are frequent	TIzard,1982
Structure of conversation is varied	is Initiation- Response-Feedback	Burton,1981