Genre and the Language Learning Classroom

by Brian Paltridge

What is genre?How can genre be used as an organizing principle in ESL programs?How are genre and context explored in ESL classes?How can discourse structures be taught through genre?How can genre-based assessment tasks be incorporated into the language classroom?
These questions are addressed and answered in Genre in the Language Learning Classroom. This text introduces teachers and teachers-in-training to the concept of genre analysis and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0472088041
• ISBN13: 9780472088041
• Release Date: October 2001
• Publisher: University of Michigan Press ELT
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.0"