English for community membership: planning for actual and potential needs

De Silva Joyce, HC; Hood, S

English for community membership: planning for actual and potential needs

De Silva Joyce, HC Hood, S

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Publisher:: University of Michigan Press
Publication Type:: Chapter
Citation:: English for Specific Purposes in Theory and Practice, 2009, 1, pp. 244 - 263
Issue Date:: 2009-01

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dc.contributor.author	De Silva Joyce, HC	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Hood, S https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8171-423X	en_US
dc.contributor.editor	Diane Belcher	en_US
dc.date.issued	2009-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	English for Specific Purposes in Theory and Practice, 2009, 1, pp. 244 - 263	en_US
dc.identifier.isbn	9780472033843	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/12522
dc.description.abstract	Amajortension underlies the design of English language programs for enabling community membership. On the one hand there is a pressure to respond to a diverse range of specific and immediate needs for language use. At the same time there is an imperative to build the potential of learners to use language beyond specific instances. This chapter explores one response to this tension in the form of a large-scale curriculum designed for adult immigrants in Australia. The chapter articuiates the underlying theory of the curriculum and illustrates in practical examples how such theory is enacted.	en_US
dc.publisher	University of Michigan Press	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	English for Specific Purposes in Theory and Practice	en_US
dc.title	English for community membership: planning for actual and potential needs	en_US
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Abstract:

Amajortension underlies the design of English language programs for enabling community membership. On the one hand there is a pressure to respond to a diverse range of specific and immediate needs for language use. At the same time there is an imperative to build the potential of learners to use language beyond specific instances. This chapter explores one response to this tension in the form of a large-scale curriculum designed for adult immigrants in Australia. The chapter articuiates the underlying theory of the curriculum and illustrates in practical examples how such theory is enacted.

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