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Genre in the Classroom »

Authors: Ann M. Johns
ISBN-13: 9780805830736, ISBN-10: 0805830731
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Taylor & Francis, Inc.
Date Published: December 2001
Edition: (Non-applicable)

Author Biography: Ann M. Johns

Book Synopsis

International researchers who are also classroom teachers consider problems of genre and related issues of social construction from a variety of theoretical perspectives. Some of the topics covered include the Sydney School's approach to understanding the social purposes of a genre, an English for Academic Purposes (EAP) study on reading and the teaching of genres, and the theories of New Rhetoric.

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	Preface
	Introduction	3
Pt. I	The Sydney School
1	"Something to Shoot For": A Systemic Functional Approach to Teaching Genre in Secondary School Science	17
2	Heritage and Innovation in Second Language Education	43
Pt. II	Related Approaches
3	Genre, Text Type, and the English for Academic Purposes (EAP) Classroom	73
4	Genre in the Classroom: A Linguistic Approach	91
Pt. III	English for Specific Purposes
5	Teaching the Literature Review to International Graduate Students	105
6	Genre and ESL Reading: A Classroom Study	121
Pt. IV	Bridging Text and Context
7	Textual Analysis and Contextual Awareness Building: A Comparison of Two Approaches to Teaching Genre	145
8	Texts and Contextual Layers: Academic Writing in Content Courses	163
Pt. V	The New Rhetoric
9	Writing Instruction in English for Academic Purposes (EAP) Classes: Introducing Second Language Learners to the Academic Community	179
10	The New Rhetoric of Genre: Writing Political Briefs	197
Pt. VI	Pedagogical Quandaries
11	Approaching Genre: Prewriting as Apprenticeship to Communities of Practice	211
12	The Teaching of the Academic Essay: Is a Genre Approach Possible?	225
13	Destabilizing and Enriching Novice Students' Genre Theories	237
Pt. VII	Conclusion and Responses
14	Narrative and Expository Macro-Genres	249
15	A Universe of Meaning - How Many Practices?	269
16	Applied Genre Analysis: Analytical Advances and Pedagogical Procedures	279
17	Response(s) to William Grabe's "Narrative and Expository Macro-Genres"	285
	Contributors	289
	References	295
	Subject Index	339
	Author Index	345