Advances in Language and Education

Erscheinungsjahr 2007
ISBN: 978-0-8264-8960-9
Verlag: Bloomsbury 3PL

Buch, Englisch, 272 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 596 g

Examines new functional approaches to language and education and the impact of these on literacy in the classroom.

- Contributors include Gunther Kress, Christian Matthiessen, Gordon Tucker and Susan Hunston - academics at the forefront of their fields
- Examines new directions in which research in language and education is moving - including interdisciplinary approaches such as corpus linguistics, discourse analysis, multimodality and bilingualism
- This is a popular area of research in both applied linguistics and systemic functional linguistics.

This book examines new functional approaches to language and education, and the impact of these on literacy in the classroom. The first two sections look 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 analyse the implications of this theory, but also examine multimodality at work in classrooms, children's books, computer-based learning, and textbooks. The third section looks at critical discourse analysis and appraisal theory as tools for assessing the effectiveness of student writing and literacy achievement. The final section looks at the importance of corpus-based approaches to language teaching and learning. This fascinating 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.

Zielgruppe

Academics

Autoren/Hrsg.

Whittaker, Rachel

McCabe, Anne

O'Donnell, Mick

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Lehrerausbildung, Unterricht & Didaktik Allgemeine Didaktik Literatur, Deutsch, Fremdsprachen (Unterricht & Didaktik)
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Fremdsprachenerwerb und -didaktik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction

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

Über Autor(innen)

Dr Rachel Whittaker is a lecturer at the Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, Spain.
Dr Mick O'Donnell is a Research Fellow at the Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, Spain.
Dr Anne McCabe is an Assistant Professor at Saint Louis University, Madrid Campus, Spain where she is Head of the ESL programme.