Exploring Second Language Development In Narrative Writing
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The present book addresses an issue that has been central in the research literature: the development of writing skills. Drawing on Systemic Functional Linguistics and Genre Theory, this phenomenon was investigated from a semantic perspective which means, in the first place, that writing is considered as a meaning-making process, and secondly, that development is viewed as a process during which students learning to write begin to make finer distinctions of meanings through the deployment of the lexico-grammatical and discourse resources of the second language. The focus is on the use the learners make, over time, of the same linguistic resources to represent the people, the events and the circumstances of time and place as depicted in the visual images used as prompts; to organise the clauses of their narrative texts as messages and to colour representation of experience with particular forms of affect, judgement and valuation.The analysis should help shed some light on this fascinating area, and should be especially useful to professionals in the linguistics area, or anyone else who may be willing to improve the teaching of writing in the classroom from a different perspective.
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MA in English in Applied Linguistics (Universidad Nacional de Río Cuarto, Argentina). Former Fulbrighter (USA). Teaches EFL (Phonetics, Language) and ESP courses for engineering at the same university. Has lectured in Argentina, Chile and the USA. Researcher in Applied Linguistics: L2 language development in writing, pragmatics and politeness.
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- Allgemeine Informationen
- GTIN 09783659200052
- Sprache Englisch
- Titel Exploring Second Language Development In Narrative Writing
- Veröffentlichung 29.08.2012
- ISBN 3659200050
- Format Kartonierter Einband
- EAN 9783659200052
- Jahr 2012
- Größe H220mm x B150mm x T14mm
- Autor Elizabeth Andrea Di Nardo
- Untertitel A Case Study Of Two Learners
- Auflage Aufl.
- Genre Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaften
- Anzahl Seiten 232
- Herausgeber LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing
- Gewicht 364g