It is hard to imagine any shift in perspective that is not simultaneously
accompanied by (or occasioned through) an extension of the student’s
use of language. Through this elaboration of discourse new thinking is
brought into being, expressed, reflected upon and communicated. This
extension of language might be acquired, for example, from that in use
within a specific discipline, language community or community of
practice, or it might, of course, be self-generated. It might involve
natural language, formal language or symbolic language.
Erik Meyer and Ray Land (2005)
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