2nd Edition
English in Urban Classrooms A Multimodal Perspective on Teaching and Learning
By Jill Bourne, Anton Franks, John Hardcastle, Carey Jewitt, Ken Jones, Gunther Kress, Euan Reid
Copyright 2005
200 Pages
17 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
196 Pages
17 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
200 Pages
17 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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English in Urban Classrooms is a ground-breaking text that spans a range of issues central to school English today. It extends not only to the spoken and written language of classrooms, but also to other modes of representation and communication that are important in English teaching. This includes image, gesture, gaze, movement and spatial organisation.
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1. Introduction 2. A Social and Political Framework for Thinking about English 3. A New Approach to Understanding School English 4. The English Classroom as a Multimodal Sign 5. The Organisation of Time in the English Classroom 6. The Pedagogic Construction of 'Ability' in School English 7. The Social Production of Character as an Entity of School English 8. Orchestrating a Debate 9. Only Write Down What You Need to Know: Annotation for What? 10. The Textual Cycle of the English Classroom 11. And Some Final Comments
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Jill Bourne, Anton Franks, John Hardcastle, Carey Jewitt, ken Jones, Gunther Kress, Euan Reid
