1.05 · Academic discourse vs. IRE
In this next video, Cathy O’Connor differentiates discourse that we refer to as academically productive from the kind of talk that is common in many classrooms.
Video 3: Academic discourse vs. IRE, Part 1
In the next video, we use clips from Mrs. Gross’s classroom to demonstrate the difference between IRE and academic discourse. You may notice that Mrs. Gross, who teaches in a school with upward of 92% Black students, sometimes uses African American Vernacular English.