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Record Nr.

UNINA9910450732803321

Titolo

English in urban classrooms : a multimodal perspective on teaching and learning / / Gunther Kress. [et al.]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : RoutledgeFalmer, , 2005

ISBN

1-280-06400-5

1-134-32267-4

0-415-33168-4

0-203-39730-4

Descrizione fisica

ci, 184 p

Altri autori (Persone)

KressGunther R

Disciplina

428/.0071/241

Soggetti

English language - Study and teaching (Secondary) - Social aspects - England - London

Urban high schools - England - London

English teachers - Training of - England - London

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [175]-179) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- A social and political framework for thinking about English -- A new approach to understanding school English: multimodal semiotics -- The English classroom as a multimodal sign -- The organization of time in the English classroom -- The pedagogic construction of 'ability' in school English -- The social production of character as an entity of school English -- Orchestrating a debate -- Only write down what you need to know: annotation for what? -- The textual cycle of the English classroom -- And so to some final comments.