Advances in Language and Education

Brief Description: Examines new functional approaches to language and education and the impact of these on literacy in the classroom. Biographical Note: Anne McCabe is a full-time professor in the Department of English and Communication, Saint Louis University, Madrid Campus. Mick O'Donnell is Lecturer in the Department of Informatics at the Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, Spain. Rachel Whittaker is Lecturer in the Department of English at the Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, Spain. Review Quotes: "Demonstates that researchers have made important developments in the understanding of language and meaning production. Its primary audience might be that of the language research community of practice, the book is recommended for all those researchers worried about increasing the dialogue between knowledge about the way we learn, produce, and distribute texts through our pedagogical practices in our highly multimodal contemporary society." Discourse and SocietyMarc Notes: Originally published: 2007.; Includes bibliographical references and index. Table of Contents:1. An introduction to language and literacy, Rachel Whittaker, Anne McCabe and Mick O'DonnellPart I: Multimodality and Education2. Meaning, learning and representation in a Social Semiotic approach to Multimodal Communication, Gunther Kress3. Children's picture book narratives. reading sequences of images, Clare Painter4. Popular culture in the classroom: interpreting and creating multimodal texts, Katina Zammit5. Systemic Functional Multimodal Discourse Analysis approach to mathematics, grammar and literacy, Kay O'Halloran6. Multiliteracies for academic purposes: multimodality in textbook and computer-based learning materials in science at university, Janet JonesPart II: Discourse Analysis and Education7. Applying a Critical Systemic-Functional Literacy Frame in a UK secondary education context, David Hyatt8. Using Appraisal Theory to track interpersonal development in adolescent academic writing, Beverly Derewianka9. Constructing an effective 'voice' in academic discussion writing: an appraisal theory perspective, Elizabeth Swain10. Arguing in and across disciplinary boundaries: legitimising strategies in applied linguistics and cultural studies, Susan Hood11. On the 'internal dialogue' between an examination task and pre-university students' responses, Bodil Hedeboe12. A discourse analytical study of decontextualization and literacy, Inger LassenPart III: Corpus Linguistics and Education13. Exposure, expectations and probabilities: implications for language learning, Gordon Tucker14. Grammar patterns and literacy, Susan Hunston

Contributor Bio:  McCabe, Anne Rachel Whittaker is Lecturer in the Department of English at the Universidad Aut noma de Madrid, Spain. Contributor Bio:  O'Donnell, Mick Rachel Whittaker is Lecturer in the Department of English at the Universidad Aut noma de Madrid, Spain. Contributor Bio:  Whittaker, Rachel Rachel Whittaker is Lecturer in the Department of English at the Universidad Aut noma de Madrid, Spain.