Connecting Language and Disciplinary Knowledge in English for Specific Purposes (eBook)

Case Studies in Law

Alissa J. Hartig (Autor)

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2017
208 Seiten
Channel View Publications (Verlag)
978-1-78309-852-1 (ISBN)

Infos

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.

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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.

Autor

lt;p>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.

Inhalt

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

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 11.8.2017
• Reihe/Serie: New Perspectives on Language and Education
• Reihe/Serie: New Perspectives on Language and Education
• Verlagsort: Bristol
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Erwachsenenbildung
• Themenwelt: Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Wörterbuch / Fremdsprachen
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Sprachwissenschaft
• Themenwelt: Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht
• Themenwelt: Recht / Steuern ► Privatrecht / Bürgerliches Recht ► Berufs-/Gebührenrecht
• Schlagworte: Academic literacy • classroom-based research • disciplinary specificity • ELP • English for Legal Purposes • English for specific purposes • ESP • Legal Writing
• ISBN-10: 1-78309-852-X / 178309852X
• ISBN-13: 978-1-78309-852-1 / 9781783098521