Functional Grammatics

Mary Macken-Horarik is a Senior Research Fellow in the Learning Sciences Institute Australia (LSIA) at the Australian Catholic University, Australia. Kristina Love is a Professor of Education at the Australian Catholic University, Australia. Carmel Sandiford is a Lecturer in Language and Literacy Education at the Melbourne Graduate School of Education, The University of Melbourne, Australia.Len Unsworth is Professor in English and Literacies Education at the Learning Sciences Institute Australia (LSIA) at the Australian Catholic University, Australia.

• 1. Negotiating the territory of English through functional grammatics 2. Developing a grammatics for narrative 3. Looking closely at resources for meaning in narrative 4. Teaching narrative in primary and secondary classrooms 5. Building knowledge about language and image in persuasive texts 6. Looking closely at resources for meaning in persuasion 7. Teaching persuasion in primary and secondary classrooms 8. Tracking east – exploring narratives of many kinds (and modes) 9. Envoi

"Vibrant, practical, research informed - this book will have a home on the shelves of educational linguists and classroom teachers alike. It will be the ‘go to’ resource for creative teachers who want to inspire and enthuse young learners about the rich versatility of language as a meaning-making resource."- Debra Myhill, Professor of Education, University of Exeter, and Director of the Centre for Research in Writing "A grammatics of the kind persued in his volume offers a great deal to teachers looking for a rewarding and productive model of English language for teahing purposes. I recommend it to everyone interested in teaching English well... Macken-Horarik, Love, Sandiford and Unsworth have made a valuable contribution to English education and to appliable linguistics." - Frances Christie, Language, Context and Text