Sequencing metalanguage
Discourse systems: appraisal
Text analysis: appraisals
Grammar: word groups & clauses
Grammar: functions and classes A frog / was swimming / in a pond / after a rainstorm personprocesstimeplace clause noun groupverb grouppreposition phrases the top of / those / two / tall white / gum / trees [in the park] noun group part pointer qualifier number qualities classthing noun adjective article preposition pronoun… adverb
Grammatical metaphor & information
Metalanguage recontextualised for teaching SFL theory teachers’ metalanguage literacy teaching
Integrating metalanguage
Learning metadiscourse regulative field teaching curriculum instructional field curriculum field tacit knowledge of discourse patterns
Learning metadiscourse regulative field teaching curriculum instructional field curriculum field teaching metadiscourse learning cycles metadiscourse about language & curriculum
Regulative tenor: success/failure, inclusion/exclusion Regulative field: learning activities doing/ studying projecting Regulative mode: spoken, written visual, manual Instructional field ‘specialized skills’ social theory learning theory knowledge theory A discipline for teaching: metatheory in action linguistic theory