Del 4 i serien Language Learning Monograph

Language Education Throughout the School Years

A Functional Perspective

Häftad, Engelska, 2012

AvFrances Christie,Mary J. Schleppegrell

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This volume explores the evolution in language use experienced by children and young people throughout school, and the ways they become more conscious about its multi-functionality and the choices open to them in making meaning. Describes a trajectory of language development in schooling from age 6 to age 18Draws on systemic functional linguistics to trace changes in the language resources successful children and adolescents use to make meanings in new discourse patterns as they engage in the curricular tasks of science, history, and language artsExplores the way in which content, interpersonal relationships, and textual structure simultaneously evolve over four stages of children’s and adolescents’ developmentOffers new theoretical insights and practical awareness of the multi-functionality of language

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Utgivningsdatum2012-04-13
Mått152 x 229 x 14 mm
Vikt354 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieLanguage Learning Monograph
Antal sidor260
FörlagJohn Wiley and Sons Ltd
ISBN9781118292006

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Frances Christie is Emeritus Professor of Language and Literacy Education at the University of Melbourne and Honorary Professor of Education and Linguistics at the University of Sydney. She began her work in education as a secondary teacher of English and history in Australia and the UK and has taught language and literacy education at several universities in Australia. Her major research interests are in English language and literacy. She uses the systemic functional grammar to explore writing development, the relationship of talk and writing, teaching about language, and development of pedagogic grammar.

Series Editor's ForewardAcknowledgementsChapter 1: A Language Theory for Educational PracticeChapter 2: Early Childhood: The Initial Challenges of School LearningChapter 3: Late Childhood to Early Adolescence: Some Transitional YearsChapter 4: The Years of Midadolescence: Dealing with Abstract KnowledgeChapter 5: Late Adolescence to Adulthood: Engaging with Theoretical KnowledgeChapter 6: The Overall Trajectory in Language Learning in SchoolReferencesIndex