English in Urban Classrooms : A Multimodal Perspective on Teaching and Learning (Paperback, 2 ed)

1. Introduction 2. A Social and Political Framework for Thinking about English 3. A New Approach to Understanding School English 4. The English Classroom as a Multimodal Sign 5. The Organisation of Time in the English Classroom 6. The Pedagogic Construction of 'Ability' in School English 7. The Social Production of Character as an Entity of School English 8. Orchestrating a Debate 9. Only Write Down What You Need to Know: Annotation for What? 10. The Textual Cycle of the English Classroom 11. And Some Final Comments