Advances in Language and Education (eBook, PDF)

Redaktion: McCabe, Anne; Whittaker, Rachel; O'Donnell, Mick

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This book examines new functional approaches to language and education, and the impact of these on literacy in the classroom. The first section looks at issues of multimodality, in which the definition of a text is expanded to include not only that which is written down, but also the interaction of writing, graphics, and audiovisual material. The contributors explores ways in which language education can be expanded to deal with multimodal discourse, whether in children's books, in textbooks, or on the web. The second section looks at how critical discourse analysis and appraisal theory can be used as tools for assessing the effectiveness of student writing and literacy achievement, and also for helping developing writers to write more successfully. The final section argues that corpus-based studies of language have changed the way we see language, and that the way we teach language should evolve in line with these changes.

This appealing survey of new directions in language and education includes contributions from internationally renowned scholars. It will be of interest to researchers in systemic functional linguistics, or language and education.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks UK
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. Juli 2007
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781441104588
• Artikelnr.: 40774477

Autorenporträt

Anne McCabe is a full-time professor in the Department of English and Communication, Saint Louis University, Madrid Campus. Mick O'Donnell is Lecturer in the Department of Informatics at the Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, Spain. Rachel Whittaker is Lecturer in the Department of English at the Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, Spain.

Inhaltsangabe

1. An introduction to language and literacy, Rachel Whittaker, Anne McCabe
and Mick O'Donnell
Part I: Multimodality and Education
2. Meaning, learning and representation in a Social  Semiotic approach to
Multimodal Communication, Gunther Kress
3. Children's picture book narratives. reading sequences of images, Clare
Painter
4. Popular culture in the classroom: interpreting and creating multimodal
texts, Katina Zammit
5. Systemic Functional Multimodal Discourse Analysis approach to
mathematics, grammar and literacy, Kay O'Halloran
6. Multiliteracies for academic purposes: multimodality in textbook and
computer-based learning materials in science at university, Janet Jones
Part II: Discourse Analysis and Education
7. Applying a Critical Systemic-Functional Literacy Frame in a UK secondary
education context, David Hyatt
8. Using Appraisal Theory to track interpersonal development in adolescent
academic writing, Beverly Derewianka
9. Constructing an effective 'voice' in academic discussion writing: an
appraisal theory perspective, Elizabeth Swain
10. Arguing in and across disciplinary boundaries: legitimising strategies
in applied linguistics and cultural studies, Susan Hood
11. On the 'internal dialogue' between an examination task and
pre-university students' responses, Bodil Hedeboe
12. A discourse analytical study of decontextualization and literacy, Inger
Lassen
Part III: Corpus Linguistics and Education
13. Exposure, expectations and probabilities: implications for language
learning, Gordon Tucker
14. Grammar patterns and literacy, Susan Hunston