Literature For Teachers

The following is a list of Systemic publications useful for teachers. If you see a reference that would not be easily digestible by teachers, let me know (Judith Diamondstone, diamonju@rci.rutgers.edu).

1. Introductory SFG Text Books

Berry, Margaret 1975/7. Introduction to Systemic Linguistics 1 & 2. London: Batsford. Revised edition forthcoming.

Butt, David, Rhondda Fahey, Sue Spinks, and Colin Yallop. 1996. Using Functional Grammar: An Explorer's Guide. Sydney, NSW, Australia: National Centre for English Language Teaching and Research, Macquarie University.

(One can order this book via WWW: URL: http//www.nceltr.mq.edu.au (This address contains a list of NCELTR's distributors) email: Marika.Martinez@mq.edu.au)

Downing, Angela and Philip Locke. 1992. A University Course in English Grammar. New York: Prentice Hall. 1994.

Eggins, Suzanne 1994 An Introduction to Systemic Functional Linguistics. Frances Pinter, London.

Gerot, Linda and Peter Wignell. 1994. Making Sense of Functional Grammar: The introductory workbook for every teacher. (Making Sense of Language Series, 1). Cammeray, N.S.W., Aus.: AEE.

Halliday, M.A.K. 1994 Introduction to Functional Grammar. Second Addition. London: Edward Arnold.

Locke, Graham 1996 Functional English grammar: an introduction for second language teachers. Cambridge: Cambridge UP (Cambridge Language Education).

Martin James R., C. M. I. M. Matthiessen and C. Painter. 1996. Deploying Functional Grammar: a workbook for Halliday's Introduction to Functional Grammar. London: Edward Arnold.

Thompson, Geoff 1996 Introducing Functional Grammar. Arnold.

2. SFG and Teaching

Carter, R. and McCarthy, M. (eds). 1988. Vocabulary and Language Teaching. London: Longman.

Christie F., B. Devlin, P. Freebody, A. Luke, J. R. Martin, T. Threadgold and C. Walton 1991 Teaching Critical Social Literacy: a project of national significance on the preservice preparation of teachers for teaching English literacy. Canberra, DEET.

Coffin, C., Brook, R. and Humphrey, S. 1996. Australian Identity. Sydney: Metropolitan East Disadvantaged Schools Program, NSW Department of School Education.

Cope, Bill and Mary Kalantzis (eds.) 1993. The Powers of literacy: a genre approach to teaching writing. Pittsburgh : University of Pittsburgh Press.

Couture, Barbara. 1985. Functional Approaches to Writing: Research Perspectives. London: Francis Pinter.

Derewianka, Beverly. 1990. Exploring How Texts Work. Rozelle, N.S.W.: Primary English Teaching Association.

Hammond, Jennifer, A. Burns, H. Joyce, D. Brosnan and L. Gerot. 1995. English for social purposes: A handbook for teachers of adult literacy. Sydney, Aus.: National Centre for English Language Teaching and Research, Macquarie University.

Humphrey, S. and Sikes, D. 1996. Australia Place and Space Sydney: Metropolitan East Disadvantaged Schools Program, NSW Department of School Education.

LERN (The Literacy and Education Research Network) has made available collections of papers from its 1989 and 1991 Working with genre conferences (PO Box 721, Leichhardt, NSW 2040, Australia):

Working with Genre (Papers from the 1989 LERN Conference, University of Technology, Sydney, 25-26 November 1989). 1991 Sydney: Common Ground

Working with Genre II: Literacy across the curriculum (Papers from the 1991 LERN Conference, University of Technology, Sydney, 23-24 November 1991). 1992 Sydney: Common Ground.

Locke, Graham. 1996. Functional English grammar: an introduction for second language teachers. (Cambridge Language Education). Cambridge: Cambridge Univ. Press.

Martin, James R. 1985. Factual Writing: exploring and challenging social reality. Geelong, Victoria, Aus.: Deakin University Press (Sociocultural Aspects of Language and Education). 2nd ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1989.

McCarthy, Michael. 1991. Discourse analysis for language teachers. Cambridge; New York: Cambridge University Press.

McCarthy, Michael and R. Carter. 1994. Language as Discourse: Perspectives for Language Teaching. London and New York: Longman.

Melrose, Robin. 1991. The communicative syllabus: a systemic-functional approach to language teaching. London; New York: Frances Pinter.

Painter, Clare and J. R. Martin (eds.) 1986. Writing to Mean: Teaching Genres across the Curriculum. (Papers and Workshop Reports from the Writing to Mean Conference, University of Sydney, May 1985.) Bundoora, Vic.: Applied Linguistics Association of Australia.

Rothery, J. 1994. Exploring Literacy in School English Sydney: Metropolitan East Disadvantaged Schools Program, NSW Department of School Education. Williams, G., 1994. Using Systemic Grammar in Teaching Young Learners: An Introduction. Victoria Australia: Print Synergy. London: Macmillan.

3. SFG and Sub-Disciplines

I: Science

Fuller, Gillian 1996 Engaging Cultures: Negotiating Discourse in popular science. Ph.D. Dissertation. Dept. of Linguistics, University of Sydney

Halliday, M.A.K. & James R. Martin 1993 Writing Science: literacy and discursive power. London: Falmer (Critical perspectives on literacy and education) & Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press. (Pittsburgh Series in Composition, Literacy, and Culture.

Lemke, Jay 1990 Talking Science: Language, Learning, and Values. Norwood, NJ: Ablex.

Martin, J. R., and R. Veel. 1997. Reading Science: critical and functional perspectives on discourses of science. London: Routledge.

Humphrey, S. and Takans, P. 1996. Explaining the Weather Sydney: Metropolitan East Disadvantaged Schools Program, NSW Department of School Education.

II: History

Eggins, Suzanne, Peter Wignell & James R. Martin. 1987. The discourse of history: distancing the recoverable past. In Suzanne Eggins, James R. Martin & Peter Wignell (eds), Writing Project Report 1987. Sydney: University of Sydney Linguistics Department (Working Papers in Linguistics, 5).

Coffin, C. 1996. Exploring Literacy in School History. Sydney: Metropolitan East Disadvantaged Schools Program, NSW Department of School Education.

III: Geography

Wignell, Peter, James R. Martin & Suzanne Eggins, 1987. The discourse of geography: ordering and explaining the experiential world. In Suzanne Eggins, James R. Martin & Peter Wignell (eds), Writing Project Report 1987. Sydney: University of Sydney Linguistics Department (Working Papers in Linguistics, 5: 25-65).

Humphrey, S. 1996. Exploring Literacy in School Geography, Sydney: Metropolitan East Disadvantaged Schools Program, NSW Department of School Education.

IV: English

Rothery, J. and Macken, M. 1991. Developing Critical Literacy Through Systemic Functional Linguistics: Unpacking the Hidden Curriculum for Writing in Junior secondary English in New South Wales. Monograph produced by Metropolitan East Disadvantaged Schools Program, Erskinville, NSW. Rothery, J. and Stevenson, M. 1994. Writing a Book Review Sydney: Metropolitan East Disadvantaged Schools Program, NSW Department of School Education. Rothery, J. and Stevenson, M. 1994. Spine Chilling Stories Sydney: Metropolitan East Disadvantaged Schools Program, NSW Department of School Education. Rothery, J. and Stevenson, M. 1994. Exploring Narrative in Video Sydney: Metropolitan East Disadvantaged Schools Program, NSW Department of School Education.

IV: Mathematics

O'Halloran, Kay. 1996 The Discourses of Secondary School Mathematics. Ph.D. Dissertation, School of Communications Studies, Murdoch University.

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