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dc.contributor.authorWyatt-Smith, Claire
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-03T13:37:51Z
dc.date.available2017-05-03T13:37:51Z
dc.date.issued1997
dc.date.modified2009-08-17T22:20:57Z
dc.identifier.issn04250494
dc.identifier.doi10.1111/j.1754-8845.1997.tb00129.x
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/25136
dc.description.abstractThis article examines issues of writing instruction and assessment as they relate to an approach to English language education that has been developed in Australia. The approach, put forward by proponents of genre theory, is underpinned by the argument that it is essential for all teachers, and especially English teachers, to have a 'metalanguage' about language education. The expectation is that such a metalanguage makes it possible for teachers and students to develop shared understandings of how written and spoken language works in their various forms. The related argument is that the teacher represents an authoritative (as distinct from authoritarian) language user in the classroom and is responsible for teaching the linguistic characteristics of texts as well as the relationship between texts and the cultural and social contexts in which they are produced and received. In this article I examine the 'genre' position and consider its relevance to the business of teaching, learning and assessing in the English classroom.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherNational Association for the Teaching of English
dc.publisher.placeUK
dc.publisher.urihttps://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/17548845/1997/31/3
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom8
dc.relation.ispartofpageto22
dc.relation.ispartofjournalEnglish in Education
dc.relation.ispartofvolume31
dc.subject.fieldofresearchCurriculum and pedagogy
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode3901
dc.titleTeaching and Assessing Writing: An Australian Perspective
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.facultyArts, Education & Law Group, School of Education and Professional Studies
gro.rights.copyright© 1997 National Association for the Teaching of English. Please refer to the journal's website for access to the definitive, published version.
gro.date.issued1997
gro.hasfulltextNo Full Text
gro.griffith.authorWyatt-Smith, Claire M.


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