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School Of Humanities And Languages

Functional GrammarWestern Sydney University Unit Code: 100722.1

Discipline: LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE

Student Contribution Band: 1

Level: 7

Credit Points: 10

About this Unit
This unit explores systemic functional grammar which relates language to its use in cultural and social contexts. This model of language is used in a wide variety of fields - teaching in school subject areas, teaching ESL, languages other than English and literacy, researching language in a range of settings. Students will explore functional grammar through texts from a range of social contexts.