Knowing and writing school history : the language of students' expository writing and teachers' expectations

• Main Author: De Oliveira, Luciana C.
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Bingley, U.K : Emerald Publishing Limited : Information Age Publishing, 2011.
• Subjects: English language > Composition and exercises > Study and teaching (Secondary); Exposition (Rhetoric) > Study and teaching (Secondary); Historiography > Study and teaching (Secondary); Education > Administration > Elementary & Secondary.; Teaching skills and techniques.; Educational administration and organization.; Primary and middle schools.; Secondary schools.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9781806616664
• DOI: 10.1108/978-1-61735-338-3
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xviii, 152 pages) : illustrations

Because school history often relies on reading and writing and has its own discipline-specific challenges, it is important to understand the language demands of this content area, the typical writing requirements, and the language expectations of historical discourse. History uses language is specia...