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Language Education Throughout the School Years

A Functional Perspective

Frances Christie author Mary J Schleppegrell editor

Format:Paperback

Publisher:John Wiley and Sons Ltd

Published:13th Apr '12

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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 18
  • Draws 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 arts
  • Explores the way in which content, interpersonal relationships, and textual structure simultaneously evolve over four stages of children’s and adolescents’ development
  • Offers new theoretical insights and practical awareness of the multi-functionality of language
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“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)

ISBN: 9781118292006

Dimensions: 229mm x 152mm x 14mm

Weight: 354g

260 pages