Outlines the basic theoretical knowledge that teachers need to have about visual and verbal grammar and the nature of computer-based texts in school learning. This book deals with the continuities and differences in the teaching of infants, children in the primary school and the transition to the fi[...]

This volume presents an overview of new developments and applications of social semiotic theory. Pioneered by M.A.K. Halliday, social semiotic theory sees meaning as created through the interaction of texts (including writing, images, sound and space) within a given context. Divided into five sectio[...]