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Summary
Summary
Bridging Discourses in the ESL Classroom examines the interactions between learners and teachers in the language classroom. It aims to identify patterns of discourse which enable second language development but also support the learning of curriculum knowledge. These patterns are 'bridging discourses' in that they combine the everyday language used by the student, with the specialised language of the academic register.
This book puts forward an innovative new theory of classroom discourse analysis, influenced by the work of Halliday and Vygotsky. It is recommended for academics and postgraduates researching applied linguistics and education.
Author Notes
Pauline Gibbons is Associate Professor in Language and Literacy at the University of Technology, Sydney.
Table of Contents
| Chapter 1 'Bridging Discourses' in the ESL classroom: an introduction | p. 1 |
| Part 1 Language, learning and learners: perspectives across disciplines | p. 13 |
| Chapter 2 A sociocultural view of language and learning | p. 15 |
| Chapter 3 Second language learning and teaching | p. 43 |
| Part 2 Inside two classrooms | p. 71 |
| Chapter 4 Researching the classroom | p. 73 |
| Chapter 5 Teaching and learning in two classrooms | p. 95 |
| Part 3 Discourse contexts for second language development | p. 121 |
| Chapter 6 Teachers and learners: constructing new meanings | p. 123 |
| Chapter 7 The teachers: teaching as mediation | p. 173 |
| Chapter 8 The learners: affordances for learning | p. 235 |
| Glossary of systemic functional linguistic terms | p. 275 |
| Appendix Episode summaries | p. 277 |
| References | p. 301 |
| Index | p. 319 |
