Making Language Visible in Social Studies - A Guide to Disciplinary Literacy in the Social Studies Classroom

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.

Sommario

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

Info autore

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.

Riassunto

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.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Sharon Besser, Sharon Westerlund Besser, Ruslana Westerlund
• Editore: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 13.02.2024
• EAN: 9781032299198
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3229919-8
• Pagine: 210
• Serie: Making Disciplinary Language Visible
• Categorie: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Linguistica generale e comparata; EDUCATION / General, EDUCATION / History, EDUCATION / Language Experience Approach, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Literacy, teacher training, Secondary Schools, Educational strategies & policy, Moral and social purpose of education, Teaching of a specific subject, Bilingualism & multilingualism, Primary & middle schools, Moral & social purpose of education, Bilingualism and multilingualism, Primary and middle schools, Educational strategies and policy, EDUCATION / Teaching / Subjects / Reading & Phonics, EDUCATION / Schools / Levels / Elementary, EDUCATION / Teaching / Subjects / Language Arts