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Multilingual and multimodal resources in L2 English content classrooms
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Classroom code-switching: Three decades of research
TL;DR: A review of the historical development of different research paradigms and approaches adopted in studies on classroom code-switching is provided in this article, where the difficulties and problems faced by this field of studies are discussed and critical reflections on how this field might move forward in the future.
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English Learners Academic Literacy and Thinking: Learning in the Challenge Zone. Pauline Gibbons. 2009. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann.
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Theories of trans/languaging and trans-semiotizing: implications for content-based education classrooms
TL;DR: Translanguaging theories emphasize a fluid, dynamic view of language and differ from code-switching/mixing theories by de-centring the analytic focus from the language(s) being used in the interaction to the speakers who are making meaning and constructing original and complex discursive practices Trans-semiotizing theories further broaden the focus to analyse language as entangled with many other semiotics (eg visuals, gestures, bodily movement) in meaning making as discussed by the authors.
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‘May I speak Cantonese?’ – Co-constructing a scientific proof in an EFL junior secondary science classroom
Angel M. Y. Lin,Yanming Wu +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, an excerpt of teacher-student interaction in an EFL junior secondary science classroom in Hong Kong is analysed using the conversation analytic method of sequential analysis, and the fine-grained analysis reveals that in the teacher's effort to engage her students in the co-construction of a scientific proof, the students' familiar everyday discourses (e.g. students' examples and experiences as expressed in their familiar language) need to play a significant role.
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Teaching English for specific purposes.
TL;DR: English for specific purposes (ESP) covers both the common nucleus?the basic categories and patterns of communication and structure of the English language?and variations relevant to the specific use.
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Multimodal Discourse: The Modes and Media of Contemporary Communication
Gunther Kress,T van Leeuwen +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present a theory of multimodal discourse for the age of interactive media and provide students with a wide-ranging analysis of various communication styles and the ways by which text is now understood as the interaction of sound, music, vision, colour and language.
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English Text: System and structure
TL;DR: English Text's major contribution is to outline one way in which a rich semantically oriented functional grammar can be systematically related to a theory of discourse semantics, including deconstruction of contextual issues.
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Research Genres: Explorations and Applications
TL;DR: The role of English in the research world is discussed in this article, with a focus on the importance of English as a language in the field of science and the role of the English language in research.
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Language as a Local Practice
TL;DR: This chapter discusses language as a Local Practice, the Linguistic Landscaping of Locality, and alibangbang and Ecologies of Local Language Practices.
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Genre Relations: Mapping Culture
James Martin,David Rose +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors discuss the process of getting going with genre in stories, reports and explanations, procedures and procedural recounts, and keeping going with the genre in a story.