Lexis and Semantics in Classrooms: Sinclair and Coulthard Flashcards

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Who studied Lexis and Semantics in the classroom and what year?

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Sinclair and Coulthard, 1977

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How many main functions did teachers language have according to Sinclair and Coulthard?

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3

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What were the 3 main functions of language for teachers?

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Informative, Directive, Elicitation

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What is the teacher attempting to do according to Sinclair and Coulthard with the talking functions of Directive and Elicitation?

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Attempting to assert dominance

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How many different sub-classes of Directives are there?

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3

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What are the 3 sub-classes of Directives called?

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Imperatives, Declaratives, Interrogatives

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Give an example of an Informative sentence?

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“The capital of England is London”

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Give an example of a Directive sentence?

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“I want you to find London on this map”

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Give an example of an Elicitation sentence?

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“What’s the capital of England?””

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Give an example of a Declarative Sentence?

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“I would like you to turn to page 56”

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Give an example of an Interrogative sentence? (The sentence ends in a question mark)

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“Could you turn to page 56?”

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Give an example of an Imperative Sentence?

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“Turn to page 56”

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What other main speaking function was focussed on by Sinclair and Coulthard? What does it follow?

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Elicitation, which follows the IRF Structure

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What is the IRF Structure?

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Initiation, Response, Feedback Structure

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Give an IRF example which each section of the IRF

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Initiation: “Whats the capital of England?” Response: “London” Feedback: “Good”

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What do Elicitation sentences do when asking the class who knows the answer? (3 ways)

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Can either ask a specific student, The whole class, Or ask if anyone at all might know the answers.

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What did Sinclair and Coulthard find with open questions?

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They could either be allowing for any answer or could be a known-answer question

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What type of answers would an any-answer question from a teacher allow?

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Any answer to their question

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What type of answers would a known-answer question from a teacher allow?

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Answers that the students already know

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What Exchanges did Sinclair and Coulthard find teachers used?

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Boundary Exchange

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What are Boundary Exchanges?

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Words used by teachers which mark a new point in the lesson

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Which 3 phonological features may teachers use to assert control?

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Volume, Pitch, Tone

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What type of pronouns are teachers more likely to use and why? (Give an example of a pronoun like this)

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Collective Pronouns such as “We” to show inclusiveness in the classroom