A Language as Social Semiotic-Based Approach to Teaching and Learning in Higher Education

This monograph offers research-based perspectives and linguistically informed approaches to supporting language and literacy development in higher education.

Series Editor’s Foreword vii – x Acknowledgments xi Chapter 1. Language, Teaching, and Learning: General Orientations 1 – 10 Chapter 2. A LASS Approach to Teaching and Learning: Theoretical Foundations 11 – 38 Chapter 3. A LASS Approach to Teaching and Learning: Analytical Tools 39 – 84 Chapter 4. “This Is Description, Not Film Analysis”: Semiotically Mediating Genre, Conceptual Formations, and Text Development 85–145 Chapter 5. “48 Marks Knocked Off for Academic Writing or Lack of Really Annoyed Me”: Genre, Conceptual Formations, and Semantic Variation 147–204 Chapter 6. “I Feel Very New to It and Very Inexperienced”: Semantic Orientation, Semiotic Mediation, and the Genres and Registers of Online Discussion Forums 205 – 254 Chapter 7. Implementing a LASS Approach to Teaching and Learning 255 – 286 References  287 – 297 Index 299 – 308