Readers will emerge from the book with a better understanding of the significance of quality teacher-student talk and some of the most important research and researchers.

Courtney Cazden is the Charles William Eliot Professor of Education Emerita at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. An international specialist in child language and education, she is known professionally as a psychologist, educational anthropologist, and applied linguist. In her teaching and research, she integrates these scholarly perspectives with her experience as a former primary school teacher.