Barbara Mayor
Biographic Data
| ID | 3660333 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Barbara Mayor |
| GIVEN NAMES | Barbara |
| FAMILY NAME | Mayor |
| SIGNATURE | MAYOR B |
| AFFILIATIONS | The Open University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 12 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1993 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Dialogic and Hortatory Features in the Writing of Chinese Candidates for the IELTS Test
Research conducted in the context of the IELTS Research Program indicates that there are recurrent features in the writing under test conditions of candidates from Chinese language backgrounds, particularly in terms of interpersonal tenor. These include a high level of interpersonal reference, combined with a heavily dialogic and hortatory style. Chinese candidates in the study used significantly more interrogatives and imperatives than a similar…
Problems and Problems
This chapter reports a collaborative effort by the authors to analyze a videotape of a routine clinic visit between a patient and a medical resident. Our overall purpose is to illuminate dimensions of power in this particular encounter and in medical settings generally. At one level, we define our scholarly task as learning more about the real-time organization of power as manifested in observable interactions on the videotape. At another level, …
Language, Communication and Education
Racism in Children's Lives
Racism in Children's Lives
Dialogic and Hortatory Features in the Writing of Chinese Candidates for the IELTS Test
Research conducted in the context of the IELTS Research Program indicates that there are recurrent features in the writing under test conditions of candidates from Chinese language backgrounds, particularly in terms of interpersonal tenor. These include a high level of interpersonal reference, combined with a heavily dialogic and hortatory style. Chinese candidates in the study used significantly more interrogatives and imperatives than a similar…
Racism in Children's Lives
Problems and Problems
This chapter reports a collaborative effort by the authors to analyze a videotape of a routine clinic visit between a patient and a medical resident. Our overall purpose is to illuminate dimensions of power in this particular encounter and in medical settings generally. At one level, we define our scholarly task as learning more about the real-time organization of power as manifested in observable interactions on the videotape. At another level, …
Language, Communication and Education
Dialogic and Hortatory Features in the Writing of Chinese Candidates for the IELTS Test
Research conducted in the context of the IELTS Research Program indicates that there are recurrent features in the writing under test conditions of candidates from Chinese language backgrounds, particularly in terms of interpersonal tenor. These include a high level of interpersonal reference, combined with a heavily dialogic and hortatory style. Chinese candidates in the study used significantly more interrogatives and imperatives than a similar…
Psychology (3 works) · Communication (1 work) · Computer Science (1 work) · Context (archaeology (1 work) · Dialogic (1 work) · Discourse Analysis in Language Studies (1 work) · Early Childhood Education and Development (1 work) · EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning (1 work) · Gender Studies (1 work) · Gender Studies (1 work)