An Introduction to oracy

An Introduction to oracy: frameworks for talk

by Holderness, Jackie Lalljee, Barbara

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Oracy is a subject currently undergoing examination, due to the emphasis placed upon it by the National Curriculum. With an emphasis on practice, but embracing the major theoretical issues involved, this book contains numerous exercises, examining the issues surrounding oracy in schools. It describes the many ways in which teachers can encourage pupils to talk, using picture books, media-based discussions and English as a second language.

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Title Statements

  • Full title :An Introduction to oracy : frameworks for talk / edited by Jackie Holderness and Barbara Lalljee.

Summary

Oracy is a subject currently undergoing examination, due to the emphasis placed upon it by the National Curriculum. With an emphasis on practice, but embracing the major theoretical issues involved, this book contains numerous exercises, examining the issues surrounding oracy in schools. It describes the many ways in which teachers can encourage pupils to talk, using picture books, media-based discussions and English as a second language.

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:1998.

Publication Statements

  • Publisher(s):Cassell
  • Place of Publication:London
  • Language:eng
  • Publication Date:1998.

The Physical Object

  • Description:1 online resource (xi, 242 pages) : : illustrations

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:9781441127167, 144112716X
  • oclc:ocn741691374
  • LC Classification:P95.4.G7
  • Dewey Decimal:372.62/2044/0941

Table of Contents

Figures; Notes on contributors; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction: the polarities of post-processual archaeology; PART I: ON THE CHARACTER OF ARCHAEOLOGY; Introduction; 2 Fields of discourse: reconstituting a social archaeology; 3 Theoretical archaeology: a reactionary view; 4 The craft of archaeology; 5 Materialism and an archaeology of dissonance; PART II: INTERPRETATION, INFERENCE, EPISTEMOLOGY; Introduction; 6 Symbolism, meaning and context; 7 Hermeneutics and archaeology: on the philosophy of contextual archaeology; 8 Is there an archaeological record?

9 On ''heavily decomposing red herrings'': scientific method in archaeology and the ladening of evidence with theory10 Archaeology through the looking-glass; PART III: SOCIAL RELATIONS, POWER AND IDEOLOGY; Introduction; 11 The roots of inequality; 12 Conceptions of agency in archaeological interpretation; 13 Building power in the cultural landscape of Broome County, New York, 1880-1940; 14 Mortuary practices, society and ideology: an ethnoarchaeological study; 15 Redefining the social link: from baboons to humans; PART IV: FEMINISM, QUEER THEORY AND THE BODY; Introduction.

16 Homosexuality, queer theory and archaeology17 Power…

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