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Text-Based Research and Teaching: A Social Semiotic Perspective on Language in Use
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Hardcover. Editor(s): Mickan, Peter; Lopez, Elise. Num Pages: 372 pages, 53 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: CJA; JNA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 219 x 27. Weight in Grams: 624.
Contributions in this book illustrate the many methods available for researching language in context and for the analysis of everyday text types. Each chapter highlights language as a resource for the expression of meanings—a social semiotic resource. Text analysis is used to reveal our capacity to formulate multiple meanings for participation in different social practices—in relationships, in work, in education and in leisure. The approach is applied in text-based teaching and in the critical analysis of public discourses. The texts come from different social spheres including banking, language classes, senate hearings, national tests and textbooks, and interior architecture. Text-based research ... Read more
Contributions in this book illustrate the many methods available for researching language in context and for the analysis of everyday text types. Each chapter highlights language as a resource for the expression of meanings—a social semiotic resource. Text analysis is used to reveal our capacity to formulate multiple meanings for participation in different social practices—in relationships, in work, in education and in leisure. The approach is applied in text-based teaching and in the critical analysis of public discourses. The texts come from different social spheres including banking, language classes, senate hearings, national tests and textbooks, and interior architecture. Text-based research ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
Number of Pages
372
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137598486
SKU
V9781137598486
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Ref
99-15
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Peter Mickan is Visiting Research Fellow in Adelaide University, Australia. His research interests include language learning and teaching, academic literacies, language testing and curriculum design from the perspective of language as a social semiotic. In Language Curriculum Design and Socialisation (2013), Mickan applies systemic functional linguistics to curriculum design and languages pedagogy. Elise Lopez is a PhD Candidate in the ... Read more
Reviews for Text-Based Research and Teaching: A Social Semiotic Perspective on Language in Use
“Text-Based Research and Teaching: A Social Semiotic Perspective on Language in Use can provide a new perspective for literacy pedagogy. … This book can enlighten EFL teachers and learners about new prospects for writing, reading, speaking, and listening skills.” (Akiko Nagao, JALT Journal, Vol. 40 (2), November, 2018)