The paperback edition explores fundamental issues relating to student literacies and instructor roles and practices within academic contexts. This text explores fundamental issues relating to student literacies and instructor roles and practices within academic contexts. Central to socioliteracy are two concepts, genre and discourse community, each of which is presented in some detail. After presenting a brief history of literacy theories, the author argues for socioliterate approaches to teaching and learning in which texts are viewed as primarily socially constructed. The final chapters are devoted to outlining how the views presented can be applied to a variety of classroom texts. The author then argues for roles for literacy practitioners in which they and their students conduct research and are involved in joint pedagogical endeavors with faculty and students. Из серии: Cambridge Applied Linguistics
1997. Core curricular design principles are outlined, and three types of portfolio-based academic literacy classrooms are described.