Genre in the classroom
Subtitle: multiple perspectives
By: edited by Ann M. Johns.
Contributors: Johns, Ann M.
Publisher: L. Erlbaum; Routledge; Lawrence Erlbaum
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Mahwah, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 350
Subjects: English language -- Study and teaching -- Foreign speakers.; Academic writing -- Study and teaching.; Literary form -- Study and teaching.; Literature -- Study and teaching.
Description: The social construction of texts within "genres" has become a factor in discussions of theory, research and practice in applied linguistics, ESL/EFL pedagogies and rhetoric. This volume identifies some of the genre theories, examines related issues and approaches and discusses applications.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 295-338) and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: PART I THE SYDNEY SCHOOL; title: 1. "Something to Shoot For": A Systemic Functional; title: Approach to Teaching Genre in Secondary School; title: Science/ 17; title: Mary Macken-Horarik; title: 2. Heritage and Innovation in Second Language; title: Education / 43; title: Susan Feez; title: PART II RELATED APPROACHES; title: 3. Genre, Text Type, and the English for Academic Purposes; title: (EAP) Classroom /73; title: Brian Paltridge; title: 4. Genre in the Classroom: A Linguistic Approach / 91; title: John Flowerdew; title: PART III ENGLISH FOR SPECIFIC PURPOSES; title: 5. Teaching the Literature Review to International Graduate; title: Students / 105; title: John M. Swales & Stephanie Lindemann; title: 6. Genre and ESL Reading: A Classroom Study / 121; title: Sunny Hyon; title: PART IV BRIDGING TEXT AND CONTEXT; title: 7. Textual Analysis and Contextual Awareness Building:; title: A Comparison of Two Approaches to Teaching Genre /145; title: Terence T. T. Pang; title: 8. Texts and Contextual Layers: Academic Writing in; title: Content Courses / 163; title: Betty Samraj; title: PART V THE NEW RHETORIC; title: 9. Writing Instruction in English for Academic Purposes; title: (EAP) Classes: Introducing Second Language Learners to the; title: Academic Community /179; title: Christine Adam & Natasha Artemeva; title: 10. The New Rhetoric of Genre: Writing Political Briefs /197; title: Richard M. Coe; title: PART VI PEDAGOGICAL QUANDARIES; title: 11. Approaching Genre: Prewriting as Apprenticeship to; title: Communities of Practice / 211; title: Virginia Guleff; title: 12. The Teaching of the Academic Essay: Is a Genre; title: Approach Possible? / 225; title: Tony Dudley-Evans; title: 13. Destabilizing and Enriching Novice Students' Genre; title: Theories / 237; title: Ann M. Johns; title: FRT VII CONCLUSION AND RESPONSES; title: 14. Narrative and Expository Macro-Genres / 249; title: William Grabe; title: Responses to Grabe; title: 15. A Universe of Meaning-How Many Practices? / 269; title: J. R. Martin, The Sydney School; title: 16. Applied Genre Analysis: Analytical Advances and; title: Pedagogical Procedures / 279; title: V. J. Bhatia, English for Specific Purposes; title: 17. Response(s) to William Grabe's "Narrative and; title: Expository Macro-Genres" / 285; title: Carol Berkenkotter, The New Rhetoric; title: Contributors / 289; title: References / 295; title: Subject Index / 339; title: Author Index / 345.