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Shi, Leimin; Delahunty, Janine; Gao, Xiaoping – Professional Development in Education, 2019
In China, developing students' overall communicative competence was set as the central goal of the current college English curriculum requirements since 2004. However, this goal has remained largely unfulfilled, particularly with regard to writing competence. This study proposes that the genre-based pedagogy in systemic functional linguistics may…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Language Teachers
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Flint, Amy Seely; Albers, Peggy; Matthews, Mona – Professional Development in Education, 2019
Project Partnerships Achieve Literacy (PAL) South Africa was designed to transform teachers' pedagogical practices in literacy instruction in an under-resourced school and, by doing so, improve the reading achievement of foundation phase students (Grades R-3). Sociocultural and situative theories of literacy and learning frame the study. To gauge…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Literacy Education, Teaching Methods, Educational Change