Teaching/learning

The yin and yang of language development from home through school

Authors

  • Jim R. Martin Department of Linguistics, University of Sydney

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1558/lhs.v10i1.27276

Keywords:

balance, development, genre, language, learning, ontogenesis, shared experience, teaching

Abstract

In regard to the issues people have been discussing, Jim Martin continues in this article his advocacy for an equal balance between teaching and learning rather than the focus on either side only: the traditional teacher centre and the recent students’ centre; in fact, recent years’ explorations in this area have to a large extent ignored the role of teaching in students’ language learning and development. He takes into consideration of language development from home through school by means of linguistic genres and shared experience, points out the concern about genre teaching, and submits the balance issue to us language teachers.

Author Biography

  • Jim R. Martin, Department of Linguistics, University of Sydney

    J R Martin is Professor of Linguistics at the University of Sydney. His research interests include systemic theory, functional grammar, discourse semantics, register, genre, multimodality and critical discourse analysis, focussing on English and Tagalog - with special reference to the transdisciplinary fields of educational linguistics and social semiotics.

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2015-05-26

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Martin, J. (2015). Teaching/learning: The yin and yang of language development from home through school. Linguistics and the Human Sciences, 10(1), 49-68. https://doi.org/10.1558/lhs.v10i1.27276

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