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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Dr. Anne McCabe , Dr. Mick O'Donnell , Dr. Rachel WhittakerPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Imprint: Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd. Dimensions: Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 23.40cm Weight: 0.560kg ISBN: 9780826489609ISBN 10: 0826489605 Pages: 272 Publication Date: 19 July 2007 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Language: English Table of Contents1. An introduction to language and literacy, Rachel Whittaker, Anne McCabe and Mick O'Donnell Part I: Multimodality and Education 2. Meaning, learning and representation in a Social Semiotic approach to Multimodal Communication, Gunther Kress 3. Children's picture book narratives. reading sequences of images, Clare Painter 4. Popular culture in the classroom: interpreting and creating multimodal texts, Katina Zammit 5. Systemic Functional Multimodal Discourse Analysis approach to mathematics, grammar and literacy, Kay O'Halloran 6. Multiliteracies for academic purposes: multimodality in textbook and computer-based learning materials in science at university, Janet Jones Part II: Discourse Analysis and Education 7. Applying a Critical Systemic-Functional Literacy Frame in a UK secondary education context, David Hyatt 8. Using Appraisal Theory to track interpersonal development in adolescent academic writing, Beverly Derewianka 9. Constructing an effective 'voice' in academic discussion writing: an appraisal theory perspective, Elizabeth Swain 10. Arguing in and across disciplinary boundaries: legitimising strategies in applied linguistics and cultural studies, Susan Hood 11. On the 'internal dialogue' between an examination task and pre-university students' responses, Bodil Hedeboe 12. A discourse analytical study of decontextualization and literacy, Inger Lassen Part III: Corpus Linguistics and Education 13. Exposure, expectations and probabilities: implications for language learning, Gordon Tucker 14. Grammar patterns and literacy, Susan HunstonReviewsDemonstates that researchers have made important developments in the understanding of language and meaning production. Its primary audience might be that of the language research community of practice, the book is recommended for all those researchers worried about increasing the dialogue between knowledge about the way we learn, produce, and distribute texts through our pedagogical practices in our highly multimodal contemporary society. Discourse and Society Demonstates that researchers have made important developments in the understanding of language and meaning production. Its primary audience might be that of the language research community of practice, the book is recommended for all those researchers worried about increasing the dialogue between knowledge about the way we learn, produce, and distribute texts through our pedagogical practices in our highly multimodal contemporary society. Discourse and Society Author InformationAnne McCabe is a full-time professor in the Department of English and Communication, Saint Louis University, Madrid Campus. Mick O'Donnell is Lecturer in the Department of Informatics at the Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, Spain. Rachel Whittaker is Lecturer in the Department of English at the Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, Spain. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |