Genre pedagogy in higher education : the SLATE project / Shoshana J. Dreyfus, University of Sydney, Australia ; Sally Humphrey, Australian Catholic University ; Ahmar Mahboob, University of Sydney, Australia ; James R. Martin, University of Sydney, Australia.
Machine generated contents note: -- 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.
Summary:
"This book describes the linguistic and pedagogical dimensions of a large action research project that deployed and extended the current work on genre pedagogy to an on-line learning environment. In particular, it explores how genre-based pedagogy can be used to support the academic literacy development of non-English speaking background (NESB) students in tertiary educational institutions to develop their academic literacy practice. The book reports on work with the Department of Chinese, Translation & Linguistics (CTL) and the Department of Biology and Chemistry (BCH) in a 2-year project called the SLATE (Scaffolding Literacy in Academic and Tertiary Environments) project. It includes theoretically and practically-oriented material that can serve the needs of researchers and practitioners engaged with the literacy development of tertiary students in both English-speaking and non-English speaking countries"-- Provided by publisher.
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