Systemic Functional Grammar in the Teaching of Reading Philosophical Texts in EAP

Authors

  • Orlando Vian Jr. Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN), Natal, Brasil

Keywords:

Systemic Functional Grammar/SFG, reading, EFL, English for Academic Purposes/EAP

Abstract

Systemic functional grammar (SFG) has been more and more used in different contexts and for different purposes as a tool to help us understand how languages are used to make meaning. In this text, we try to put forward the idea of using SFG in the teaching of reading English for Academic Purposes to undergraduate Philosophy students at a public University in São Paulo, by suggesting ways of operationalizing SFG concepts and their usefulness in helping students to cope with lexicogrammatical aspects of philosophical texts written in English.

Author Biography

Orlando Vian Jr., Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN), Natal, Brasil

Orlando Vian Jr holds a PhD in Applied Linguistics from PUC-SP. He is currently teaching at Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte. His research interests include: EAP/ESP, Systemic Functional Grammar, Genre Studies and English language teachers education.

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Vol. 30 No. 2 (2009)

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