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THE PRACTICE: Recognizing and Analyzing Discourse Features
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Center for Resource Management (CRM)
The Education Alliance at Brown University

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Academic Discourse Features
http://education.nyu.edu/teachlearn/ifte/zamel2.htm
For an interesting essay on academic discourse, see this Web site.
ESL Strategies for Secondary Students: Content-Based Instruction, Cooperative Learning, and CALP Instruction
http://www.tc.columbia.edu/academic/tesol/Webjournal/nicole.pdf
A short article on how all teachers who work with language-minority students can and must play a part in helping their students to gain content-based instruction (CBI), linguistic ability (CALP), and academic skills, with an emphasis on the importance of cooperative learning.
Everyday Funds of Knowledge and Discourse
http://www-personal.umich.edu/~moje/pdf/Journal/WorkingTowar
dThirdSpace.pdf
For an interesting essay about academic discourse, see this Web site.

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