The previous chapter reviewed three traditions of genre studies, namely, the new rhetoric, systemic functional and ESP perspectives on genre. While new rhetoric genre analyses focus on the interrelation between text and context and SFL genre studies stress the linguistic analysis of text, ESP approaches to genre take an approach that is some way between these two. This chapter extends the discu...

In 16], Warren suggested a method for embedding higher-order (HO) programming constructs into Prolog, that can be viewed as a kind of higher-order into rst-order (FO) translation. This method has been used in diierent settings as a tool for the combination of functional and logic programming 3, 2, 1], or even for the reduction of the former to the later 4]. The present paper was motivated by ou...

The papers represent a particular language theory, systemic functional linguistics. The papers also reflect a particular view of the relation between language, knowledge, and the world; in particular, the papers describe the ways in which evaluative language expresses the value systems of individuals and communities. Finally, the authors have used a particular methodology in their research, the...

This qualitative study reports the results of sensemaking when teacher-practitioner inquiry in professional development (PD) is carried out for 120 Vietnamese K-12 and college teachers. The PD was designed to prepare teachers teach with different newly-approved English language coursebooks using a genre-based systemic functional linguistic approach (SFL). During scaffolds workshops, teaching st...

This paper describes a study conducted with group of undergraduate students to test the efficacy instruction on Systemic Functional Linguistics develop critical reading skills, more specifically ability identify author’s position. Based concept language as inextricably linked ideology, course trains in concepts such transitivity and lexis using an inductive approach. The comparison between resu...