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Sitting in a circle facing the teacher, the new arrival students read aloud and discuss the picture book. The teacher leads the talk, questioning and making comments about the text. Students call out answers to the teacher’s questions and take turns to read the text when instructed by the teacher. Occasionally, a student would interrupt the group’s talking with his/her question. It is such infrequent moments of student questioning during picture book reading that are the focus of this study. Of particular interest are the purposes that these student questions fulfil and the ways in which these questions provide insights into their meaning-making processes.
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Chu, C.P.Y. (2017). Talking About Children’s Picture Books: An Analysis of Student Questioning. In: Mickan, P., Lopez, E. (eds) Text-Based Research and Teaching. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-59849-3_8
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