English in urban classrooms a multimodal perspective on teaching and learning / [electronic resource] : Gunther Kress ... [et al.]. - London ; New York, NY : RoutledgeFalmer, 2005. - ci, 184 p.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [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.

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English language--Study and teaching (Secondary)--Social aspects--England--London.
Urban high schools--England--London.
English teachers--Training of--England--London.


Electronic books.

LB1631 / .E59 2005

428/.0071/241