Language Curriculum Design and Socialisation

Peter Mickan is an experienced school teacher, tertiary educator and researcher. He manages and teaches in the postgraduate applied linguistics program in the Discipline of Linguistics at the University of Adelaide, South Australia. He supervises a large research group of students who study language use, learning and teaching in different contexts from systemic functional linguistic perspectives. His research interests include language learning, bilingual education, text-based teaching applied in different languages and contexts, revival linguistics, and the development of academic literacies.

• AcknowledgementsPrefaceIntroduction: Curriculum Design and RenewalChapter One: Texts in the Fabric of LifeChapter Two: Change and Renewal in Curriculum DesignChapter Three: Learning the Language of Social PracticesChapter Four: Curriculum DesignChapter Five: Curriculum PlanningChapter Six: Teaching PracticesChapter Seven: Curriculum ApplicationsChapter Eight: Curriculum Design in Higher Education: Planning Academic ProgramsChapter Nine: Language Planning, Curriculum Renewal, and Teacher as Researcher

Language Curriculum Design and Socialisation is a groundbreaking contribution to the literature on curriculum design in language education, and education in general. Based on social theories of language and learning, it provides a comprehensive blueprint for designing classroom language learning experiences around texts and the social practices associated with them.