Making language visible in social studies : a guide to disciplinary literacy in the social studies classroom / Sharon Besser, Ruslana Westerlund.

What does it mean to make language visible in social studies and why do we need to do it? -- What is the nature of language in social studies? -- What do we mean by explain? -- What is the nature of language of arguments in social studies? : What do we mean by argue? -- What it means to make language visible -- A language-based approach to disciplinary reading.

"The first book in the Making Disciplinary Language Visible series, this practical toolkit helps teachers promote disciplinary literacy development for Multilingual learners and their peers in the 5-12 social studies classroom. Using systemic functional linguistics (SFL) and the SFL-informed genre pedagogy which shows teachers how to teach content using language as a meaning-making resource, Besser and Westerlund provide clear guidance on understanding how language is used in the discipline and provide practical tools to empower teachers to teach language in the service of social studies disciplinary genres. Chapters feature authentic vignettes to illustrate problems of practice, annotated social studies texts, practical curriculum design tools, exercises for readers to develop knowledge about language, and sample scripts for practical application"-- Provided by publisher.