Academic language across subjects - Functions and Text Structure
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- 1. Suresh Babu G Academic language across Subjects – Components (Functions, Text structures) Suresh Babu G Assistant Professor
- 2. Suresh Babu G Academic Language Functions • A language function refers to what students do with language as they engage with content and interact with others. • Functions represent the active use of language for a specific purpose. • Students use language functions in order to express ideas, communicate with others, and show understanding of content in an academic setting. • Language function means the verb used in the learning target, such as identify, analyze, summarize, define, explain, conclude, justify, compare, sort, and so on.
- 3. Suresh Babu G • When teachers ask students to write for a variety of purposes and across different genres, students learn language functions. According to Gibbons (1991), a multitude of language functions for speaking occur in the classroom each day, including the following: Expressing likes and dislikes Expressing obligation Expressing position Hypothesizing Identifying Inferring Inquiring/Questioning Planning and predicting Refusing Reporting Sequencing Suggesting Warning Wishing and hoping Agreeing and disagreeing Apologizing Asking for assistance or directions Asking for permission Classifying Commanding/Giving instructions Comparing Criticizing Denying Describing Evaluating Explaining
- 5. Suresh Babu G Academic Language -Text Structures • Text structures refers to how the information within text is organized. • This strategy helps students to understand that a text might present a main idea and details; a cause and the effects; and or different views of a topic. • Teaching students to recognize common text structures can help students monitor their comprehension.
- 6. Suresh Babu G Benefits of Text Structure • Teachers can use it with the whole class, small groups, or individually. • Helps the students to navigate the various structures presented within nonfiction and fiction text. • Common text structure used by students helps students to recognize these text structure while reading.
- 7. Suresh Babu G How teachers can create and use the text structure strategy ? To create the text structure strategy teachers should Choose the assigned reading and introduce the text to the students. Introduce the idea that texts have organizational patters called text structure Introduce the following common text structures : (a) description (b) sequence (c) problem and solution (d) cause and effect and (e) compare and contrast Introduce and model using a graphic organizer to chart the text structure.
- 8. Suresh Babu G To use the text structure strategy teachers should Show examples of paragraphs that corresponds to each text structure. Examine topic sentences that clue the reader to a specific structure. Model the writing of a paragraph that use a specific text structure. Have students try write paragraphs that follow a specific text structure. Have students diagram these structures using a graphic organizer.
- 9. Suresh Babu G Academic language across Subjects