English in urban classrooms : a multimodal perspective on teaching and learning / Gunther Kress [and others].

Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-179) and index.

Introduction -- A social and political framework for thinking about English -- A new approach to understanding school English: multimodal semiotics -- The English classroom as a multimodal sign -- The organization of time in the English classroom -- The pedagogic construction of 'ability' in school English -- The social production of character as an entity of school English -- Orchestrating a debate -- Only write down what you need to know: annotation for what? -- The textual cycle of the English classroom -- And so to some final comments.

"In this ground breaking text, the authors span a range of issues central to contemporary school English. They collectively examine how English is shaped by policy, by institutions, and by the social relations of the classroom. By connecting policy and social context, the book provides a detailed account of factors such as the characteristics of urban multi-cultural schools, teacher formation and tradition, the ethos of School English departments, and the institutional changes that have shaped school English in urban classrooms and students' experiences of learning."--Publisher description.

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