Genre in World Language Education : Contextualized Assessment and Learning (Paperback)

PART I Genre and Functional Linguistics as a Foundation for World Language Assessment and Learning Chapter 1 Genres in Contextualized World Language Assessment and Learning Francis John Troyan Chapter 2 Developing a Critical Functional Linguistic Knowledge Based for World Language Teachers Francis John Troyan and Sabrina Sembiante Chapter 3 Modelling a Genre-Based Approach to Backward Design: The Landmark Description in Spanish Francis John Troyan Part II Teaching and Assessing Written Genres Chapter 4 Memories of Childhood: The Genre of Anecdote in German Marianna Ryshina-Pankova Chapter 5 A Genre-Based Approach to Teaching and Assessing the Recount of Habitual Events in Arabic Myriam Abdel-Malek Chapter 6 Il Etait une Fois: Co-constructing Narratives in French Nicole King and Ahmed Bramli Chapter 7 Teaching Explanation in an Intermediate Japanese Language Classroom Shinji Kawamitsu Chapter 8 Assessing Academic English Skills through Poster Presentations Ida Chavoshan Chapter 9 Developing Academic Writing of Spanish Heritage Language Learners through Biographies in Spanish Diana Gomez Part III Teaching and Assessing Spoken Genres Chapter 10 Developing Oral Interaction in Italian through the Generic Structure of Typified Situations Loretta Fernandez Chapter 11 A Genre-Based Approach to Planning and Assessing Interpersonal Communication Francis John Troyan and Steven Wisnor with Madison J. Brandfass, Jane M. Cassidy, Lexie Neider, Sara E. Nippert, Haley C. Waldo, Emily M. Warburton, Caroline D. Hennebert, Mary E. Jenkins, and Maryann Kusmer