246mm x 189mm
ISBN-10: 1 85856 287 2
ISBN-13: 978 1 85856 287 2
January 2003

Published by Trentham Books in association with The Open University

Analysing Language in Context: a Student Workbook provides an accessible introduction to a range of ways of analysing language in context. It will be of interest to students on undergraduate and postgraduate courses in education and in language study, such as English Studies, Masters in Education, Masters in Applied Linguistics and teacher training courses.

The Workbook is
accessible: it assumes no previous knowledge on the part of the reader so it defines key terms, provides theoretical background on the approaches discussed and guides students through detailed analysis
practical: it offers a 'hands-on' approach to data analysis
authentic: the 24 data examples analysed and discussed are drawn from published work by experts in specific fields of language analysis
academically rigorous: the data selected in the workbook is from important research projects in the field of language study
wide ranging: analytical methods are drawn from sociolinguistics, socioculture approaches, ethnography, multimodal approaches and discourse analysis. contexts exemplified are drawn from education, the media, informal communication, new technologies, child youth and adult settings. Data examples are included from a range of national contexts including the UK, US, Australia, South Africa, Hong Kong, Japan and Pakistan.

The workbook includes a general introduction, followed by four main parts. Part 1 looks at approaches to spoken interaction; Part 2, approaches to written texts; Part 3, multimodal approaches; and Part 4 ethnographic approaches.

This Workbook is required reading for the Open university course: Language and Literacy in a Changing World (E844) which forms part of an MA in Education and MA in Education/Applied Linguistics.

The companion volume for the course in LANGUAGE, LITERACY AND EDUCATION - A READER edited by Sharon Goodman, Theresa Lillis, Janet Maybin and Neil Mercer (ISBN 1 85856 288 0, price £22.99)