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The Theory and Practice of Group Discussion with Quality Talk

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Editors:
  1. Chao-Chen Chen

    1. Center for General Education, College of Humanities and Education, Chung Yuan Christian University, TaoYung City, Taiwan

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  2. Mei-Lan Lo

    1. Department of English, National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei City, Taiwan

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  • Introduces readers to a discourse analysis-based group discussion approach, Quality Talk
  • Demonstrates how Quality Talk can enhance students’ reading comprehension and higher-order thinking at the same time
  • Provides real-world classroom examples of conducting group discussions for various English proficiency levels

Part of the book series: Learning Sciences for Higher Education (LSHE)

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-vii
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  2. From Theoretical Roots to Empirical Outcomes: The Interdisciplinary Foundations of Quality Talk in Taiwan

    • P. Karen Murphy, The Quality Talk Team
    Pages 1-21

  3. “Some Questions Are Sophisticated, So I Have to Answer Them in Sophisticated English”: On Quality Talk in Low-Achieving EFL Classes

    • Wan-Hsin Lee
    Pages 23-43

  4. Incorporating Quality Talk into the EFL College English Curriculum: Listening to Students’ Voices

    • Mei-Lan Lo, Kason Chien
    Pages 45-62

  5. The Influence of Students’ Academic Disciplines on the Use of Questions in Text-Based Group Discussion

    • Hsiao-Ling Hsu
    Pages 63-78

  6. The Effects of Text and Leadership on the Choice of Question Types in Quality Talk

    • Li-Hsin Ning
    Pages 79-93

  7. Understanding the Practice of Quality Talk in an English L2 Class Through Exploratory Practice

    • Hung-chun Wang
    Pages 95-110

  8. English-as-a-Foreign-Language Learning for Communication Purposes and Enhancement of Critical-Thinking Skills: The Quality Talk Approach

    • (Bess) Yu-Shien Tzean
    Pages 111-134

  9. Quality Talk and Content Learning: An Exploration of Students’ Background Schemata and Thematic Discussions

    • (Bess) Yu-Shien Tzean
    Pages 135-156
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About this book

This book explores the application of a significant discussion approach, Quality Talk, to English learning in Taiwanese college classrooms. Quality Talk has been found to successfully enhance students' reading comprehension and higher-level thinking in American contexts. It offers an introduction to Quality Talk and demonstrates how it can be implemented in college level English classes. It addresses students’ three levels of English proficiency: elementary, intermediate, and advanced. The respective chapters discuss a range of aspects: students' language proficiency levels, students' own viewpoints on the discussion approach, students' academic backgrounds, teaching materials, and culture-based learning. Readers will gain valuable insights into the Quality Talk approach and how it can be implemented in the classroom.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Center for General Education, College of Humanities and Education, Chung Yuan Christian University, TaoYung City, Taiwan

    Chao-Chen Chen

  • Department of English, National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei City, Taiwan

    Mei-Lan Lo

About the editors

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.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Theory and Practice of Group Discussion with Quality Talk

  • Editors: Chao-Chen Chen, Mei-Lan Lo

  • Series Title: Learning Sciences for Higher Education

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-1409-5

  • Publisher: Springer Singapore

  • eBook Packages: Education, Education (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2021

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-16-1408-8Published: 03 August 2021

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-981-16-1411-8Published: 04 August 2022

  • eBook ISBN: 978-981-16-1409-5Published: 02 August 2021

  • Series ISSN: 2662-7302

  • Series E-ISSN: 2662-7310

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VII, 156

  • Number of Illustrations: 11 b/w illustrations, 27 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Language Education, Language Teaching, Higher Education, Language Education

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