Language and literacy : functional approaches / / edited by Rachel Whittaker, Mick O'Donnell and Anne McCabe

• Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York, New York : , : Continuum, , [2006]; ©2006
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (305 p.)
• Disciplina: 410.18; 415
• Soggetto topico: Functionalism (Linguistics); Language and languages - Study and teaching; Systemic grammar; Language and education
• Classificazione: 05.12
• Persona (resp. second.): WhittakerRachel; O'DonnellMick; McCabeAnne (Anne M.)
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; List of Contributors; Preface; An introduction to language and literacy; Part One: Development of the SFL Literacy Approach; Part Two: SFL Approaches to Literacy in Educational Systems around the World; Part Three: SFL Approaches to Literacy across Disciplines; Index of Terms; Index of Names
• Sommario/riassunto: This volume examines the relationship between language and literacy from a systemic functional perspective. The book starts with a retrospective view on the development of language education practices, written by eminent linguistics Michael Halliday and Ruqaiya Hasan, and then shows how this approach is implemented today. The second section presents a detailed analysis of how considerations of literacy education are approached in educational systems around the world. The contributors examine issues such as metadiscourse, genre, cultural politics, and how systemic functional grammar can help to
• Titolo autorizzato: Language and literacy
• ISBN: 1-4411-1994-9; 1-282-30993-5; 9786612309939; 1-4411-1139-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910810605803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II