Full Description
Based on a large action research project, this book elaborates on how genre-based pedagogy can be extended to engage non-English speaking background students in tertiary educational institutions to develop their academic literacy practice, using online resources.
Contents
1. An Introduction to the SLATE Project
2. Modelling Language in Context Systemic Functional Linguistics
3. Knowledge About Language (KAL)
4. Setting Up a Toolkit for Academic Literacy
5. An Introduction to 'Sydney School' Literacy Programs
6. An Exploration of the Linguistics Program at CityU
7. A Focus on Biology
8. Training Tutors to Work with Students in the SLATE Project
9. Field Building and Deconstruction of Written Texts
10. Joint Construction in the SLATE Project
11. Negotiated Independent Construction: Feedback in the SLATE Project
