A comprehensive reference text that examines how the three aspects of language (genre, text and grammar) can be used as resources in teaching and assessing writing. It provides an accessible account of current theories of language and language learning, together with practical ideas for teaching and assessing the genres and grammar of writing across the curriculum.
Genre, Text, Grammar: Technologies for Teaching and Assessing Writing
The book provides new findings about the grammar of genres and styles.
Context - text - grammar: teaching the genres and grammar of school writing in infants and primary classrooms (Connecting text and grammar) no.1.
Rather than narrowly dividing language between correct and incorrect, this book promotes a respect for the power and usefulness of language in all its forms.
If one applies the label “literature” (with, for instance, the criterion “aesthetic value”), it may suit one of two main text type classes—(a) literary text types and (b) functional text types—but, as pointed out, such a criterion may ...
Estudio sobre las fuentes del discurso en la lingüística inglesa, el sistema y la estructura del texto, a través de análisis prácticos aplicados a tres puntos: lingüística educacional, crítica lingüística y lingüística ...
required to produce the text and to facilitate the flow of the text by using effective discourse strategies such as ... an example of how a teacher could work with the idea of genre, text and grammar and use the teaching-learning cycle, ...
All of the contributors are acknowledged experts in their field. Activities designed for use in language and literacy education courses actively engage students in reflecting on and applying the content in their own teaching contexts.
Speech genre, semiotic mediation and the development of higher mental functions . ... New perspectives on grammar teaching in second language classrooms . ... Genre, text, grammar: Technologies for teaching and assessing writing.
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