This book showcases applications of Genre Pedagogies informed by Systemic Functional Linguistics to teaching and learning in higher education through writing. While these approaches have been used extensively in school education, especially in Australia (where they originated), this book focuses on how these are being applied and adapted for use in the tertiary sector, first in Australia and then around the world. Genre Pedagogies informed by Systemic Functional Linguistics follow a particular method of language and writing development based on sociocultural theories of learning. The book showcases how these pedagogies are being applied in various tertiary programs around the world, from pre-university to undergraduate, postgraduate and professional writing, across a range of disciplines and educational circumstances. The book will appeal to academics, researchers and teachers across the university curriculum.
Shoshana Dreyfus is Distinguished Hanjiang Scholar in the School of Foreign Languages at Hanshan Normal University, China.
Jim Donohue is Visiting Teaching Fellow in the Department of Biology of the Science & Engineering Faculty at Manchester Metropolitan University, UK.
Emily Purser is a literacy consultant researching the language of specific genres in academic writing, University of Wollongong, Australia.
This book showcases applications of Genre Pedagogies informed by Systemic Functional Linguistics to teaching and learning in higher education through writing. While these approaches have been used extensively in school education, especially in Australia (where they originated), this book focuses on how these are being applied and adapted for use in the tertiary sector, first in Australia and then around the world. Genre Pedagogies informed by Systemic Functional Linguistics follow a particular method of language and writing development based on sociocultural theories of learning. The book showcases how these pedagogies are being applied in various tertiary programs around the world, from pre-university to undergraduate, postgraduate and professional writing, across a range of disciplines and educational circumstances. The book will appeal to academics, researchers and teachers across the university curriculum.
Shoshana Dreyfus
tertiary academic literacy genre pedagogy systemic functional linguistics curriculum development teaching and learning in higher education disciplinary knowledge