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Much of the learning taking place in tertiary institutions takes place through verbal intercourse, and the traditional mode of such discourse is the lecture, complemented more recently by the seminar. Such modes of discourse are inherently historical, built up by previous exposure to and experience of discourse types which reinforce the norms of existing social structures and practices, and limit the potential for change.
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De Klerk, V. (1997). Interaction Patterns in University Education. In: Davies, B., Corson, D. (eds) Oral Discourse and Education. Encyclopedia of Language and Education, vol 3. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-4417-9_21
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