To view prices and purchase online, please login or create an account now.



Classroom Discourse Analysis: A Functional Perspective

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Classroom Discourse Analysis: A Functional Perspective
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Frances Christie
SeriesOpen Linguistics
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:208
Dimensions(mm): Height 234,Width 156
Category/GenreSociolinguistics
ISBN/Barcode 9780826476050
ClassificationsDewey:410
Audience
Tertiary Education (US: College)
Professional & Vocational

Publishing Details

Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd.
Publication Date 1 January 2005
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

This book offers a model of classroom discourse analysis that uses systemic functional linguistic theory and associated genre theory to develop a view of classroom episodes as 'curriculum genres', some of which operate in turn as part of larger unities of work, called 'curriculum macrogenres'. Christie explores the model and demonstrates the methodology of school discourse analysis in considerable detail. The methodology is set out, explained and exemplified in selections of classroom texts, both spoken and written, and over a range of subject areas, that cover the years of schooling from the preparatory or kindergarten class to the secondary school. Overall, schools emerge as major sites of symbolic control in a culture.

Author Biography

Frances Christie is Emeritus Professor of Language and Literacy Education at the University of Melbourne, Australia and Honorary Professor at the University of Sydney, Australia.

Reviews

"As a teacher and also as a professional involved in teacher education, I consider this book essential reading for both pre-service and in-service teachers."