The Theory and Practice of Group Discussion with Quality Talk

Chao-Chen Chen is a Distinguished Professor at the Graduate Institute of Library and Information Studies of National Taiwan Normal University. She served as Vice President for Academic Affairs from 2013-2020. Based on her long-term engagement in developing student learning and teacher training, Prof. Chen has become an expert on learning, teaching, and assessment in higher education. She was the President of Taiwan Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education, a renowned organization that helps teachers in higher education hone theirs kills in teaching, learning, assessment, and instructional design. Currently, she is the President of the Taiwan Reading Association, a chapter association of the International Literacy Association. Mei-Lan Lo is an Associate Professor at the Department of English, National Taiwan Normal University. She served as Director of the Foreign Language Education Division, Common Core Education Committee at theNational Taiwan Normal University from February 2018 to July 2019, and August 2020 to January 2021. Her research interests include bilingual education, teacher professional development, reading and writing instruction, and English as a medium of instruction.

Chapter 1 From Theoretical Roots to Empirical Outcomes: Setting the Foundation for Quality Talk in Taiwan.- Chapter 2 “Some Questions Are Sophisticated, so I Have to Answer Them in Sophisticated English”: On Quality Talk in Low-Achieving EFL Classes.- Chapter 3 Understanding the Practice of Quality Talk in an English L2 Class Through Exploratory Practice.- Chapter 4 The Influence of Students’ Academic Disciplines on the Use of Questions in Text-Based Group Discussion.- Chapter 5 The Effects of Text and Leadership on the Choice of Question Types in Quality.- Chapter 6 Understanding the Practice of Quality Talk in an English L2 Class Through Exploratory Practice.- Chapter 7 Quality Talk and Content Learning: An Exploration of Students' Background Schemata and Thematic Discussions.- Chapter 8 English-as-a-Foreign Language Learning for Communication Purposes and Enhancement of Critical-Thinking Skills: The Quality Talk Approach.