The Grammar of History: Enhancing Content-Based Instruction through a Functional Focus on Language

Autor/inn/en	Schleppegrell, Mary J.; Achugar, Mariana; Oteiza, Teresa
Titel	The Grammar of History: Enhancing Content-Based Instruction through a Functional Focus on Language
Quelle	In: TESOL Quarterly: A Journal for Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages and of Standard English as a Second Dialect, 38 (2004) 1, S.67-93 (27 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0039-8322
Schlagwörter	Second Language Learning; Textbooks; Teaching Methods; Linguistics; Language Role; Academic Discourse; English (Second Language); History Instruction; Middle Schools + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Zweitsprachenerwerb; Textbook; Text book; Schulbuch; Lehrbuch; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Linguistik; Discourse; Diskurs; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; History lessons; Geschichtsunterricht; Middle school; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule
Abstract	In K-12 contexts, the teaching of English language learners (ELLs) has been greatly influenced by the theory and practice of content-based instruction (CBI). A focus on content can help students achieve grade-level standards in school subjects while they develop English proficiency, but CBI practices have focused primarily on vocabulary and the use of graphic organizers along with cooperative learning activities. This article reports the results of a project intended to enhance CBI through activities that focus on the role of language in constructing knowledge. The strategies we present are based on identification and analysis of the challenges presented by grade-level textbooks in middle school history classrooms. By engaging in functional linguistic analysis, ELLs and their teachers can deconstruct the language of their textbooks, enabling students to develop academic language by focusing on the meaning-making potential of the historian's language choices. (Contains 3 figures and 4 footnotes.) (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10