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What I've learned about functional grammar

Mar 06, 2014 | Category: literacy
Yesterday I had the good fortune to listen to Professor Mary Schleppegrell from the University of Michigan talk about how functional grammar is having an impact on EFL students in US schools. Ever sin...
#Lee Donaghy #Michael Halliday #functional grammar #John Polias #Mary Schleppegrell #systemic functional linguistics

What is (or isn't) language doing in PGCE?

Oct 28, 2013 | Category: literacy
After yesterday's post on the subject of how to improve the PGCE, Lee Donaghy tweeted me to point out that I had neglected to mention the importance of trainee teachers learning knowledge about langua...
#Lee Donaghy #Michael Halliday #PGCE

Mind your language - a language based approach to pedagogy

Mar 29, 2013 | Category: Featured
[caption id="attachment_3198" align="alignleft" width="250"] The most astonishing example of hyperbole ever![/caption]As the chap heading up Literacy at my school, I've been doing a lot of reading and...
#Genre Pedagogy #Jim Martin #Lee Donaghy #Michael Halliday #Park View School #Pauline Gibbons

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