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Learning the language of school history: the role of linguistics in mapping the writing demands of the secondary school curriculum, Journal of Curriculum Studies, vol. 38, no. 4. pp. 413–29.

. (2006)

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Author talks about genre analysis showing how essays can be divided into recording, explaining and arguing types, where eahc type of essay is applicable to different learning stages/year groups. Each genre has specific structure and purpose.Teachers need to teach areas of history that lend itself to working with particular genre

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