Language Education Throughout the School Years

A Functional Perspective

AvFrances Christie,Mary J. Schleppegrell

Häftad, Engelska, 2012

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Beskrivning

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

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2012-04-13
Mått:152 x 229 x 14 mm
Vikt:354 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Language Learning Monograph
Antal sidor:260
Förlag:John Wiley and Sons Ltd
ISBN:9781118292006

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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.

Recensioner i media

“The “Summaries of Matters Discussed in This Section” that appear intermittently throughout the book help to keep readers on task in developing a deep understanding of the functionality of language. Summing Up: Recommended. Graduate, research, and professional collections.” (Choice, 1 November 2012)

Innehållsförteckning

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