{"pk":36087,"title":"Academic Language, English Language Learners, and Systemic Functional Linguistics: Connecting Theory and Practice in Teacher Education","subtitle":null,"abstract":"Teacher educators need linguistic tools to help preservice teachers develop a deeper understanding of the academic language demands of the literacy practices required by the Common Core State Standards (CCSS). Systemic functional linguistics (SFL) serves as a tool for developing teachers’ knowledge of contentarea language. Teachers’ increased knowledge of language facilitates the construction of language-focused instruction to support the academic literacy development of English language learners. I introduce SFL theory and illustrate how I put the theory into practice to support the literacy development of beginning-level English language learners in a middle school classroom. I include recommendations for teachers and teacher educators regarding how to embed the theory in classroom practice and teacher preparation.","language":"eng","license":null,"keywords":[],"section":"CATESOL Exchanges","is_remote":true,"remote_url":"https://escholarship.org/uc/item/7d7774sv","frozenauthors":[{"first_name":"Joshua","middle_name":"","last_name":"Schulze","name_suffix":"","institution":"Nevada State College","department":""}],"date_submitted":null,"date_accepted":null,"date_published":"2015-01-01T19:00:00+01:00","render_galley":null,"galleys":[{"label":"PDF","type":"pdf","path":"https://journalpub.escholarship.org/catesoljournal/article/36087/galley/26939/download/"}]}