Sharon Besser, Ruslana Westerlund

Making Language Visible in Social Studies

A Guide to Disciplinary Literacy in the Social Studies Classroom

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Making Language Visible in Social Studies provides clear guidance on how language is used in the discipline and provide practical tools to empower teachers to teach language in the service of social studies disciplinary genres.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 210
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. Februar 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 467g
• ISBN-13: 9781032299198
• ISBN-10: 1032299193
• Artikelnr.: 69433478

Autorenporträt

Sharon Besser is a teacher educator, curriculum writer, and researcher who looks at problems in education through the lens of Systemic Functional Linguistics. She has over 25 years of experience locally and internationally in support of Multilingual learners. Ruslana Westerlund is an educational consultant, author, keynote speaker, and researcher of disciplinary literacy through Systemic Functional Linguistics with more than 25 years of experience in the field of Multilingual learner education.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1
What does it mean to make language visible in Social Studies and why do we
need to do it?
Chapter 2
What is the nature of language in Social Studies explanations?
What do we mean by explain?
Chapter 3
What is the nature of language of arguments in Social Studies? What do we
mean by argue?
Chapter 4
How to make Language visible using the Teaching and Learning Cycle for
Disciplinary Genres
Chapter 5
A language-based approach to disciplinary reading