Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ537721
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Publication Date: 1996
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Genre in Three Traditions: Implications for ESL.
Hyon, Sunny
TESOL Quarterly, v30 n4 p693-722 Win 1996
Overviews work in genre theory and its application to first and second language instruction and differentiates three traditions in genre theory: English for specific purposes, North American New Rhetoric studies, and Australian systemic functional linguistics. The article concludes with a discussion of the implications of genre theory for English as a second language. (113 references) (Author/CK)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Applied Linguistics, Context Effect, Educational Objectives, Elementary Secondary Education, English (Second Language), English for Special Purposes, Foreign Countries, Linguistic Theory, Models, North American English, Rhetoric, Second Language Instruction, Student Participation, Teaching Methods
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Australia
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