ERIC Number: EJ1051299
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2014
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Making Productive Use of Four Models of School English: A Case Study Revisited
Macken-Horarik, Mary
English in Australia, v49 n3 p7-19 2014
At a time when political leaders and media pundits seek to narrow the English curriculum and reduce its knowledge structure to the "basics," it is helpful to revisit the potential of different approaches to learning in English that have evolved over time. In this paper I reflect on the semantic features of personal growth, cultural heritage, skills and cultural analysis models of English and exemplify their uses for engaging students with challenging texts like "Macbeth". Following this, I return to case study material collected during the classroom work of one teacher and his Year 9 students, and reinterpret their texts in the light of these four models of the discipline. The development of students' work over time reveals how this teacher drew on the meaning potential of each model and demonstrates the power of a principled and recursive use of these in classroom teaching.
Descriptors: Case Studies, English Curriculum, Literary Styles, Educational History, Sociolinguistics, Teaching Models, Literary Genres, Drama, English Literature, Education, Cultural Maintenance, Educational Practices, Individual Development, Skill Development, Text Structure, Secondary School Curriculum, Foreign Countries, Teaching Methods
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Australia
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