Connecting the Dots

Connecting the Dots: Anatomy of Verbal Interaction in Jamaican English Language Classrooms combines extensive ethnographic work on verbal interaction inside the Jamaican English language classroom with the contexts in which teachers of English receive their professional training in Jamaica. The text will not only enrich our understanding of the forces that help to shape teachers of English, but will also enrich our understanding of English language pedagogy by showing how patterns of talk in the classroom intersect with the philosophies of language teaching and learning emanating from teacher training institutions and the extent to which what emerges is mediated by other contextual factors. No other book has featured the comprehensive ecology of verbal interaction that Connecting the Dots provides. It should be an important addition to the body of educational literature in the Caribbean. Undergraduate and postgraduate students of applied linguistics, teacher educators, teachers of the English language arts, as well as anyone else with an interest in the dynamics of classroom interaction will find this book to be a useful and vital resource.