Full Description
This monograph offers research-based perspectives and linguistically informed approaches to supporting language and literacy development in higher education.
Contents
Series Editor's Foreword vii - x
Acknowledgments xi
Chapter 1. Language, Teaching, and Learning: General Orientations 1 - 10
Chapter 2. A LASS Approach to Teaching and Learning: Theoretical Foundations 11 - 38
Chapter 3. A LASS Approach to Teaching and Learning: Analytical Tools 39 - 84
Chapter 4. "This Is Description, Not Film Analysis": Semiotically Mediating Genre, Conceptual Formations, and Text Development 85-145
Chapter 5. "48 Marks Knocked Off for Academic Writing or Lack of Really Annoyed Me": Genre, Conceptual Formations, and Semantic Variation 147-204
Chapter 6. "I Feel Very New to It and Very Inexperienced": Semantic Orientation, Semiotic Mediation, and the Genres and Registers of Online Discussion Forums 205 - 254
Chapter 7. Implementing a LASS Approach to Teaching and Learning 255 - 286
References 287 - 297
Index 299 - 308
