Discourse in English Language Education

ISBN-13: 9780415499644 / Angielski / Twarda / 2012 / 240 str.

John Flowerdew

Opis

Discourse in English Language Education introduces students to the major concepts and questions in discourse analysis and their applications to language education. Each chapter draws on key research to critically examine a particular approach in the field, providing a review of important literature, examples to illustrate the principal issues concerned, and an outline of the implications for their application to pedagogy.

Features include:

• coverage of a broad range of approaches in the field, including systemic functional linguistics, cohesion, thematic development, speech act theory, the cooperative principle and politeness, conversation analysis, genre analysis, corpus-based approaches, and critical discourse analysis;
• an abundant variety of relevant and appealing examples from around the world, including articles from The Independent and The Financial Times, extracts from fictional works such as The Bangkok Secret and A Study in Scarlet, excerpts from radio shows such as The Goon Show and Desert Island Discs, recipes, online blogs, data from classroom interactions and real-life learner texts;
• a selection of illustrations and tables carefully chosen to enhance students understanding of different concepts and approaches;
• stimulating discussion questions at the end of each chapter, specially designed to foster critical thinking, reflection and engagement with the topics covered.

Engaging, accessible and comprehensive, Discourse in English Language Education richly demonstrates how discourse analysis can inform the teaching of English and other languages, both as a foreign language and in the mother tongue.

Written by an experienced teacher and researcher, it will be essential reading for upper undergraduates and postgraduates with interests in applied linguistics, TESOL and language education.

Spis treści

1. Introduction 2. Systemic Functional Linguistics and Register 3. Cohesion 4. Thematic Development 5. Speech Acts 6. The Cooperative Principle and Politeness 7. Conversational Analysis 8. Genre Analysis 9. Corpus-based approaches 10. Critical discourse analysis

O autorze

John Flowerdew is Professor in the English Department, City University of Hong Kong.