{"product_id":"language-education-throughout-the-school-years-a-functional-perspective-paperback-softback-9781118292006","title":"Language Education Throughout the School Years; A Functional Perspective (Paperback \/ softback) 9781118292006","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eLanguage Education Throughout the School Years\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eA Functional Perspective\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eFrances Christie (Author), Mary J. Schleppegrell (Series edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781118292006, Wiley\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 13 April 2012\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e260 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.4 cm, 0.354 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e“The “Summaries of Matters Discussed in This Section” that appear intermittently throughout the book help to keep readers on task in developing a deep understanding of the functionality of language.  Summing Up: Recommended.  Graduate, research, and professional collections.”  (\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e, 1 November 2012)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis volume explores the evolution in language use experienced by children and young people throughout school, and the ways they become more conscious about its multi-functionality and the choices open to them in making meaning.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eDescribes a trajectory of language development in schooling from age 6 to age 18\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDraws on systemic functional linguistics to trace changes in the language resources successful children and adolescents use to make meanings in new discourse patterns as they engage in the curricular tasks of science, history, and language arts\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eExplores the way in which content, interpersonal relationships, and textual structure simultaneously evolve over four stages of children’s and adolescents’ development\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eOffers new theoretical insights and practical awareness of the multi-functionality of language\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eSeries Editor's Foreward\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 1: A Language Theory for Educational Practice\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 2: Early Childhood: The Initial Challenges of School Learning\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 3: Late Childhood to Early Adolescence: Some Transitional Years\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 4: The Years of Midadolescence: Dealing with Abstract Knowledge\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 5: Late Adolescence to Adulthood: Engaging with Theoretical Knowledge\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 6: The Overall Trajectory in Language Learning in School\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Education [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Education\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Education%20%5BJN%5D%22\"\u003eJN\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52417763868952,"sku":"9781118292006","price":36.57,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781118292006.jpg?v=1784507367","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/language-education-throughout-the-school-years-a-functional-perspective-paperback-softback-9781118292006","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}