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Text, role, and context : developing academic literacies

Title
Text, role, and context : developing academic literacies / Ann M. Johns.
Author
Johns, Ann M.
Publication
Cambridge, U.K. ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1997.

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Description
xvi, 171 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.
Series Statement
The Cambridge applied linguistics series
Uniform Title
Cambridge applied linguistics series.
Subjects
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 155-165) and index.
Contents
1. Literacy and pedagogy: Three views -- 2. Genre knowledge and socioliteracies: What readers and writers may share -- 3. Genre and social forces: "Homely" and academic texts -- 4. Discourse communities and communities of practice: Membership, conflict, and diversity -- 5. Special roles: Literacy practitioners as campus mediators and researchers -- 6. Students as researchers: Investigating texts, processes, and contexts -- 7. The socioliterate classroom: Basic tenets and goals -- 8. Putting tenets and goals into practice: Using portfolios in literacy classrooms -- 9. Conclusion.
ISBN
  • 0521561388
  • 0521567610 (pbk.)
LCCN
96043835
OCLC
ocm35650728
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries