Genre and the Language Learning Classroom

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English language—Study and teaching—Foreign speakers. 2. Language and languages—Study and teaching. 3. Literary form—Study and teaching.Many people have influenced my thinking and writing about genre. In particular,I thank Winifred Crombie, Suzanne Eggins, Jim Martin, and David Butt for what I have learned from them and for the various ways in which they havesupported what I have done. Others were extremely helpful at crucialstages in the development of this book. Among these, I especially thank Ann Johns,Vijay Bhatia, and Jack Richards. Closer to home, I am grateful to Frances Christie, Tim McNamara, Kieran O’Loughlin, and Alastair Pennycook for their interest in and support for my work. At the University of Michigan Press, I am especially grateful to Kelly Sippell for her clear and helpful advice, as well as to the anonymous reviewers of my manuscript for their detailed and helpful comments