Examines fresh functional approaches to language and education, and the impact of these on literacy in the classroom. This book looks at issues of multimodality, in which the definition of a text is expanded to include not only that which is written down, but also the interaction of writing, graphics, and audiovisual material.

1. An introduction to language and literacy, Rachel Whittaker, Anne McCabe and Mick O'Donnell; Part I: Multimodality and Education; 2. Meaning, learning and representation in a Social Semiotic approach to Multimodal Communication, Gunther Kress; 3. Children's picture book narratives. reading sequences of images, Clare Painter; 4. Popular culture in the classroom: interpreting and creating multimodal texts, Katina Zammit; 5. Systemic Functional Multimodal Discourse Analysis approach to mathematics, grammar and literacy, Kay O'Halloran; 6. Multiliteracies for academic purposes: multimodality in textbook and computer-based learning materials in science at university, Janet Jones; Part II: Discourse Analysis and Education; 7. Applying a Critical Systemic-Functional Literacy Frame in a UK secondary education context, David Hyatt; 8. Using Appraisal Theory to track interpersonal development in adolescent academic writing, Beverly Derewianka; 9. Constructing an effective 'voice' in academic discussion writing: an appraisal theory perspective, Elizabeth Swain; 10. Arguing in and across disciplinary boundaries: legitimising strategies in applied linguistics and cultural studies, Susan Hood; 11. On the 'internal dialogue' between an examination task and pre-university students' responses, Bodil Hedeboe; 12. A discourse analytical study of decontextualization and literacy, Inger Lassen; Part III: Corpus Linguistics and Education; 13. Exposure, expectations and probabilities: implications for language learning, Gordon Tucker; 14. Grammar patterns and literacy, Susan Hunston.