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Use of Language Across the Secondary Curriculum
Contributor(s): Bearne, Eve (Editor)
ISBN: 0415165164     ISBN-13: 9780415165167
Publisher: Routledge
OUR PRICE:   $54.10  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: December 1998
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Annotation: Language is central to the process of teaching and learning. Greater knowledge about the uses of language informs teaching throughout the curriculum, not just in those lessons describes as English lessons. This book includes both the formative and performative aspects of language use--the texts and the processes. It goes further than looking at language as merely a proof of learning, but includes material which focuses on the three major aspects of the relationship between pupils, language and learning: learning to use language in specific contexts; using language to learn through the curriculum; learning to talk about, reflect on and evaluate language.
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BISAC Categories:
- Language Arts & Disciplines
- Education | Secondary
- Education | Curricula
Dewey: 428.007
LCCN: 98021484
Lexile Measure: 1330
Physical Information: 0.68" H x 6.14" W x 9.18" (0.87 lbs) 288 pages
 
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Educational policy is becoming more concerned with the need to ensure that people leave school or college fully literate. We need good oral communicators in the workplace, and being able to understand and respond to different kinds of language is vital in today's society.
Included here is a detailed and highly readable account of the ways in which language affects every aspect of study - it crosses all subject boundaries, yet it is commonly seen as the sole responsibility of the English teacher to manage this area of the curriculum.
The first section of the book looks at the ideology behind language, while the second section considers how schools and local authorities have tackled improving levels of literacy. The third section is concerned with practical advice on how to teach language most successfully, irrespective of subject. Latter sections focus on developing a critical eye, and supporting pupils who have particular needs.