Constructing Cohesive Meaning: A Textual Analysis of Diseases in an 11th-Grade U.S. History Textbook

Autor/in	Díaz, Edgar
Titel	Constructing Cohesive Meaning: A Textual Analysis of Diseases in an 11th-Grade U.S. History Textbook
Quelle	In: International Journal on Social and Education Sciences, 3 (2021) 2, S.197-215 (20 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Díaz, Edgar)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2688-7061
Schlagwörter	Textbook Content; Content Analysis; Diseases; History Instruction; United States History; High School Students; Grade 11; Social Studies; Linguistics; Comprehension; Language Usage; Semantics; Connected Discourse + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Lehrbuchtext; Inhaltsanalyse; Disease; Krankheit; History lessons; Geschichtsunterricht; High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; School year 11; 11. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 11; Gemeinschaftskunde; Linguistik; Verstehen; Verständnis; Sprachgebrauch; Semantik
Abstract	Social studies texts often pose a challenge for readers because of their complex linguistics features, which can cause comprehension issues. Drawing upon Systemic Functional Linguistics (SFL), this study examines how authors create cohesive messages and meaning in an 11th-grade U.S. history textbook in relation to the history of diseases. Findings reveal four main cohesive resources: (1) referring words, (2) ellipses, (3) lexical cohesion, and (4) text connectives, are utilized to construct a message that holds together and builds from clause to clause. Consequently, a responsibility is placed on the reader to track the participant(s) while also forcing them to track the events in the rest of the clause. Although the function of cohesive resources helps the writer to express their ideas, it may also impede novice readers, such as emergent bilinguals, from keeping track of all the participants and information. Implications provide ways social studies teachers can take up a role as a language teacher to support comprehension of social studies content and language development. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01