Shoshana J. Dreyfus is a freelance researcher and teacher who currently lectures in the Linguistics Department at the University of Sydney, Australia. Her research interests include discourse analysis, language disorder and academic literacy, in the systemic functional and Sydney School models of language.Sally Humphrey is Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Education, Australian Catholic University, Australia, and has worked for many years in educational semiotics and TESOL education. Sally is the co-writer of a number of textbooks, which introduce teachers to knowledge about language for discipline learning.Ahmar Mahboob teaches linguistics at the University of Sydney, Australia. Ahmar has worked in the areas of English language learning/teaching, teacher education, identity management, language policy & practice, minority languages, NNEST studies, pidgin and creole languages, Systemic Functional Linguistics, and World Englishes. Ahmar is currently the Editor of TESOL Quarterly.James R. Martin is Professor of Linguistics at the University of Sydney, Australia. His research interests include systemic theory, functional grammar, discourse semantics, register, genre, multimodality and critical discourse analysis. He was elected a fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities in 1998, and in April 2014 Shanghai Jiao Tong University opened its Martin Centre for Appliable Linguistics.

As an exercise in online language and literacy support to university students, the SLATE project proved truly impressive. Its work deserves wider recognition and I commend this book to all those with an interest in language and literacy education.' - Frances Christie, University of Melbourne, Australia

• 1. An Introduction to the SLATE Project2. Modelling Language in Context  Systemic Functional Linguistics3. Knowledge About Language (KAL) 4. Setting Up a Toolkit for Academic Literacy5. An Introduction to 'Sydney School' Literacy Programs6. An Exploration of the Linguistics Program at CityU 7. A Focus on Biology8. Training Tutors to Work with Students in the SLATE Project9. Field Building and Deconstruction of Written Texts10. Joint Construction in the SLATE Project11. Negotiated Independent Construction: Feedback in the SLATE Project

Shoshana J. Dreyfus is a freelance researcher and teacher who currently lectures in the Linguistics Department at the University of Sydney, Australia. Her research interests include discourse analysis, language disorder and academic literacy, in the systemic functional and Sydney School models of language.Sally Humphrey is Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Education, Australian Catholic University, Australia, and has worked for many years in educational semiotics and TESOL education. Sally is the co-writer of a number of textbooks, which introduce teachers to knowledge about language for discipline learning.Ahmar Mahboob teaches linguistics at the University of Sydney, Australia. Ahmar has worked in the areas of English language learning/teaching, teacher education, identity management, language policy & practice, minority languages, NNEST studies, pidgin and creole languages, Systemic Functional Linguistics, and World Englishes. Ahmar is currently the Editor of TESOL Quarterly.James R. Martin is Professor of Linguistics at the University of Sydney, Australia. His research interests include systemic theory, functional grammar, discourse semantics, register, genre, multimodality and critical discourse analysis. He was elected a fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities in 1998, and in April 2014 Shanghai Jiao Tong University opened its Martin Centre for Appliable Linguistics.

As an exercise in online language and literacy support to university students, the SLATE project proved truly impressive. Its work deserves wider recognition and I commend this book to all those with an interest in language and literacy education.' - Frances Christie, University of Melbourne, Australia

• 1. An Introduction to the SLATE Project2. Modelling Language in Context  Systemic Functional Linguistics3. Knowledge About Language (KAL) 4. Setting Up a Toolkit for Academic Literacy5. An Introduction to 'Sydney School' Literacy Programs6. An Exploration of the Linguistics Program at CityU 7. A Focus on Biology8. Training Tutors to Work with Students in the SLATE Project9. Field Building and Deconstruction of Written Texts10. Joint Construction in the SLATE Project11. Negotiated Independent Construction: Feedback in the SLATE Project

Shoshana J. Dreyfus is a freelance researcher and teacher who currently lectures in the Linguistics Department at the University of Sydney, Australia. Her research interests include discourse analysis, language disorder and academic literacy, in the systemic functional and Sydney School models of language.Sally Humphrey is Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Education, Australian Catholic University, Australia, and has worked for many years in educational semiotics and TESOL education. Sally is the co-writer of a number of textbooks, which introduce teachers to knowledge about language for discipline learning.Ahmar Mahboob teaches linguistics at the University of Sydney, Australia. Ahmar has worked in the areas of English language learning/teaching, teacher education, identity management, language policy & practice, minority languages, NNEST studies, pidgin and creole languages, Systemic Functional Linguistics, and World Englishes. Ahmar is currently the Editor of TESOL Quarterly.James R. Martin is Professor of Linguistics at the University of Sydney, Australia. His research interests include systemic theory, functional grammar, discourse semantics, register, genre, multimodality and critical discourse analysis. He was elected a fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities in 1998, and in April 2014 Shanghai Jiao Tong University opened its Martin Centre for Appliable Linguistics.

As an exercise in online language and literacy support to university students, the SLATE project proved truly impressive. Its work deserves wider recognition and I commend this book to all those with an interest in language and literacy education.' - Frances Christie, University of Melbourne, Australia

• 1. An Introduction to the SLATE Project2. Modelling Language in Context  Systemic Functional Linguistics3. Knowledge About Language (KAL) 4. Setting Up a Toolkit for Academic Literacy5. An Introduction to 'Sydney School' Literacy Programs6. An Exploration of the Linguistics Program at CityU 7. A Focus on Biology8. Training Tutors to Work with Students in the SLATE Project9. Field Building and Deconstruction of Written Texts10. Joint Construction in the SLATE Project11. Negotiated Independent Construction: Feedback in the SLATE Project