LINGUIST List 21.4008 Sun Oct 10 2010 Books: Discourse Analysis/Applied Ling: Christie, Derewianka Editor for this issue: Fatemeh Abdollahi <fatemehlinguistlist.org> Links to the websites of all LINGUIST's supporting publishers are available at the end of this issue. Directory         1.    Jennifer Tighe, School Discourse: Christie, Derewianka Message 1: School Discourse: Christie, Derewianka Date: 04-Oct-2010 From: Jennifer Tighe <jtighecontinuumbooks.com> Subject: School Discourse: Christie, Derewianka E-mail this message to a friend Title: School Discourse Subtitle: Learning to write across the years of schooling Series Title: Continuum Discourse Published: 2010 Publisher: Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd                 http://www.continuumbooks.com Book URL: http://www.continuumbooks.com/books/detail.aspx?BookId=158101&SearchType=Basic Author: Frances Christie Author: Beverly Derewianka Paperback: ISBN: 9781441131317 Pages: 280 Price: U.K. £ 27.99 Abstract: Please note: This is a new version of a previously announced book. Writing development has been a key area of research in applied linguistics for some time, but most work has focused on children's writing at particular ages. Christie and Derewianka draw on extensive research in both primary and secondary years to trace the developmental trajectory from age 5 or 6 through to 18. Using a systemic functional grammar, they outline developmental changes in writing in three major areas of the school curriculum - English, history, and science - as children move from early childhood to late childhood and on to adolescence and adulthood. The book considers the nature of the curriculum at various stages, discussing the interplay of curriculum goals, pedagogy and developmental changes as children grow older. It also explores how emergent control of the different subjects requires control of various subject specific literacies and considers the pedagogical implications of their findings. School Discourse will be of interest to anyone involved in the writing performance of children in schools, particularly applied and educational linguists. 'The authors have made a tremendous contribution to our understanding of the paths learners follow in written language development from early childhood to late adolescence. They provide, for the first time, detailed and clearly articulated descriptions of the language students learn to control as they write key genres across the curriculum. The book will be a frequently-consulted reference work for teachers, curriculum developers, and writing researchers.' - Professor Mary J. Schleppegrell, School of Education, University of Michigan, USA. 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