Connecting Language and Disciplinary Knowledge in English for Specific Purposes

Case Studies in Law

Alissa J. Hartig (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

208 Seiten

2017
Multilingual Matters (Verlag)
978-1-78309-850-7 (ISBN)

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This book presents a model for incorporating disciplinary concepts into language instruction, and traces the ways in which disciplinary knowledge and language interact as students develop literacy in a new disciplinary community. Law is used as a lens for examining broader connections between language, culture and disciplinary knowledge.

How are language and disciplinary knowledge connected in the English for Legal Purposes (ELP) classroom, and how far should ELP practitioners go in supporting students’ acquisition of the conceptual frameworks that shape the genres they are learning? This book presents a pedagogical model for incorporating these conceptual frameworks into disciplinary language instruction and follows four focal participants as they learn to read and write new genres in a second language and disciplinary culture. By examining not just students’ written texts, but also their reading practices and interactions in class and in tutoring sessions, the book traces the ways in which disciplinary knowledge and language interact as students develop academic literacy in a new disciplinary community. Throughout the book, the discipline of law is used as a lens for examining broader connections between language, culture and disciplinary knowledge, and their relevance for English for Specific Purposes and writing in the disciplines.

Alissa J. Hartig is Assistant Professor of Applied Linguistics at Portland State University, USA. Her research interests include English for Specific Purposes and second language writing.

Acknowledgements

Transcription Conventions

1. Introduction

Part 1: Language, Literacy, and Disciplinary Knowledge

2. Second Language Legal Literacy

3. Linking Language and Concepts through Pedagogy

Part 2: Case Studies

4. Hong: Legal Concepts Mediating Language Use

5. Weixin: Understanding Precedent but Struggling with Language

6. Bader: Negotiating Genre to Express a Common Law Argument

7. Alima: Distinguishing Discourse Proficiency from 'Professional Vision'

Part 3: Addressing Connections between Language and Disciplinary Knowledge

8. Implications for Research and Teaching

Conclusion

Epilogue

References

Index

Erscheinungsdatum	01.02.2018
Reihe/Serie	New Perspectives on Language and Education
Verlagsort	Bristol
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Gewicht	460 g
Themenwelt	Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Wörterbuch / Fremdsprachen
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Sprachwissenschaft
	Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht
	Recht / Steuern ► Privatrecht / Bürgerliches Recht ► Berufs-/Gebührenrecht
ISBN-10	1-78309-850-3 / 1783098503
ISBN-13	978-1-78309-850-7 / 9781783098507
Zustand	Neuware