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Direct linkChristie, Frances – Changing English: Studies in Culture and Education, 2013
This paper responds to Michael Rosen's blog entries, "How Genre Theory Saved the World", arguing that genre theory in the tradition of systemic functional linguistics (SFL) has made an important contribution to language and literacy pedagogy. It emerged in the Australian context in about 1980 and was initially developed in response to…
Descriptors: Literary Genres, Reader Response, Literacy, Relevance (Education)
Hawkins, Eric – Language Learning Journal, 2005
The assumption that the "purpose" of school foreign language teaching is to serve "instrumental" ends may largely underlie the present adolescent dropout. In this article the author proposes a two-stage foreign language apprenticeship. A two-stage apprenticeship would include a carefully planned diagnostic element, preparing…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Dropouts, Apprenticeships, Second Language Instruction
Download full textClankie, Shawn M. – 2000
This paper examines efforts to save rapidly declining indigenous languages around the world. The entire process of language preservation and revitalization is a massive undertaking that requires immense long-term planning and support. These problems extend well beyond the linguistic concerns of the language itself. Language policy is inherently…
Descriptors: African Languages, Bilingual Education Programs, Bilingualism, Cultural Pluralism
