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Kennedy, Chris – Language Awareness, 1995
Argues that awareness of the relationship between language and the sociocultural context in which it occurs is important for students and teachers. The article suggests that everyday, ephemeral texts can be easily collected and categorized according to genre for teaching and cross-cultural comparison. (19 references) (Author/CK)
Descriptors: Cultural Context, Hypothesis Testing, Instructional Materials, Language Usage
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Berry, Roger – Language Awareness, 2004
This paper reports an investigation into the language used by writers of grammar of English and learners' awareness of it. Two key features of this genre are whether and how writers present themselves in the text ("personality") and whether and to what extent they qualify their statements via the use of modality. Two comparable texts, one from a…
Descriptors: Authors, Metalinguistics, College Students, English (Second Language)
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Wales, M. L. – Language Awareness, 1996
Describes an attempt at an English grammar program for the first year of secondary schooling in Queensland, Australia linked to the grammatical features introduced in the students' second language programs. Outlines the stages of development, including examination of the second language texts and of English course books and deciding on a…
Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, English (Second Language), Grammar, Models