School Discourse

Learning to Write Across the Years of Schooling

Frances Christie, Dr Beverly Derewianka

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Continuum Publishing Corporation
17 September 2010

Language acquisition; Semantics; Reference; Teaching of a specific subject; Educational: English language: reading & writing skills

Series: Continuum Discourse

Writing development has been a key area of research in applied linguistics for some time, but most work has focused on children's writing at particular ages. Christie and Derewianka draw on extensive research in both primary and secondary years to trace the developmental trajectory from age 5 or 6 through to 18.

Using a systemic functional grammar, they outline developmental changes in writing in three major areas of the school curriculum - English, history, and science - as children move from early childhood to late childhood and on to adolescence and adulthood. The book considers the nature of the curriculum at various stages, discussing the interplay of curriculum goals, pedagogy and developmental changes as children grow older. It also explores how emergent control of the different subjects requires control of various subject specific literacies and considers the pedagogical implications of their findings.

School Discourse will be of interest to anyone involved in the writing performance of children in schools, particularly applied and educational linguists.

By: Frances Christie, Dr Beverly Derewianka
Imprint: Continuum Publishing Corporation
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm, Spine: 14mm
Weight: 434g
ISBN: 9781441131317
ISBN 10: 1441131310
Series: Continuum Discourse
Pages: 278
Publication Date: 17 September 2010
Audience: Professional and scholarly , College/higher education , Undergraduate , Further / Higher Education
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Acknowledgements \ Notations \ 1. A functional approach to writing development \ 2. Writing stories in subject English \ 3. Writing to respond to and evaluate other texts \ 4. Reconstructing the past: recording and describing historical events \ 5.Reviewing the past: interpreting, explaining, arguing and debating historical events \ 6. Observing and writing about the natural world \ 7. Interpreting phenomena of the natural world \ 8. The developmental trajectory in writing \ References \ Index

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. Beverly Derewianka is Professor of Language Education in the Faculty of Education, University of Wollongong, Australia.

Reviews for School Discourse: Learning to Write Across the Years of Schooling

'The authors have made a tremendous contribution to our understanding of the paths learners follow in written language development from early childhood to late adolescence. They provide, for the first time, detailed and clearly articulated descriptions of the language students learn to control as they write key genres across the curriculum. The book will be a frequently-consulted reference work for teachers, curriculum developers, and writing researchers.' Professor Mary J. Schleppegrell, School of Education, University of Michigan, USA.