The fascinating, well-chosen essays in this volume represent almost all of the recent (and often competing) trends in film scholarship and present significant revisions of earlier genre theories and analysis. Grant shows that the generic core, however constituted and established, is but one atom in a complex structure of film experience, response, and meaning

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American first-year college writing courses operate without a powerful context: they are designed to teach academic writing, but what kind of academic writing? Which of the many particular discourses, and, within those discourses, which recurring social situations? Lacking a clear context to refer to, textbook authors inevitably privilege form.

This is a comprehensive reference text that provides an accessible account of current theories of language and language learning together with practical ideas for teaching and assessing writing across the curriculum. It is an essential text for students of primary and secondary education as well as an ideal reference for practicing teachers, including ESL teachers.