Supporting Critical Literacy in High School English by Using Systemic Functional Linguistics to Analyze Fantasy, Canonical, and Nonfiction Texts
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21175504 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Amber M Simmons (0000-0001-6984-973X, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 13 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 183-209 |
| Publication date | 2016-07-02 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Critical Inquiry in Language Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1542-7587 • E-ISSN: 1542-7595 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/15427587.2016.1152475 |
| OpenAlex | W2404909219 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 20 |
While important work has been done on assessing classroom texts and investigating classroom discourse, there is little research on teachers doing systemic functional linguistics (SFL) with students for critical ends, especially in the high school arena. This article discusses how instructional use of SFL analytic resources in subject English supported secondary-level students in recognizing how language positions readers as they interpret various texts. The research explored how students responded to using linguistic tools such as appraisal, modality, and identification analyses that made visible the ways in which language positioned people to think and behave in particular ways. Findings suggest that SFL analysis tools aided secondary students in recognizing authors’ use of language and linguistic choices; helped students support or refute claims when discussing critical issues in texts; and supported students’ ability in critical reading and reading critically. The study provides meaningful data that may assist researchers and educators in developing a curriculum that uses SFL to help students recognize language resources used by authors and question the social purpose of such rhetoric choices, supporting students in becoming better analysts and writers of a variety of texts
Applied linguistics · Critical thinking · Curriculum · Discourse analysis · Linguistics · Literacy · Pedagogy · Rhetoric · Sociology · Systemic functional linguistics · Computer Science · Discourse Analysis in Language Studies · EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning · Psychology · Writing and Handwriting Education
Educational foundations
The Language of Evaluation
The Language of Schooling
The Language Demands of Science Reading in Middle School
Discipline and Punish
An Introduction to Functional Grammar
Analysing Discourse
Critical Discourse Analysis
Disciplinary Literacies Across Content Areas
Grammar as Resource
Interacting with the Multimodal Text
Regulation in `Progressivist' Pedagogic Discourse
Expressions of Gender
Critical Discourse Analysis
| Citations per year | 0.67 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2020 - 2026 (7) |
| Highly cited | No |