[pt] Neste estudo investigo como uma metodologia orientada para o letramento em gêneros, sugerido pelos Parâmetros Curriculares Nacionais, e ancorada na multimodalidade auxilia a aprendizagem de inglês como língua estrangeira por um grupo de alunos da 3ª série do Ensino Fundamental, na faixa etária de 9-10 anos, em uma escola particular no Rio de Janeiro. Baseio- me em Allwright & Bailey (1991) e Wenger (1998) que vêem a sala de aula como local propício à construção do conhecimento; em Kern (2000) e Johns (1997) quanto ao aspecto social e cognitivo do letramento e em Kress (2000), Stein (2000) e Royce (2002) no que concerne à complementaridade intersemiótica como facilitadora do processo de construção do conhecimento. Textos produzidos pelos alunos foram selecionados para compor o corpus deste estudo, exemplificando as etapas de escritura, reescritura, escritura ilustrada e transposição para histórias em quadrinhos desenvolvidas durante uma unidade do livro texto. Com suporte em Halliday & Hasan (1989) e Ventola (1987a), foram analisadas a configuração contextual e estrutura genérica dos textos. Quanto à multimodalidade e à importância da semiose visual foi observada a adequação imagem-texto (fala dos personagens e contorno de balão, expressão facial e corporal, cenário), segundo Kress & van Leeuwen (1996). A análise dos textos e a reflexão sobre o trabalho pedagógico desenvolvido sugerem a relevância da construção de atividades desafiadoras orientadas para o letramento em gêneros, como recursos para que os alunos apropriem-se da língua alvo em contextos sociais refletindo em seus textos suas experiências sócio-histórico-culturais. / [en] This study investigates how a genre-based methodology, focused on literacy development, as suggested by the National Curricular Parameters, and anchored in multimodality facilitates knowledge- construction by a group of English as a Foreign Language students, aged 9-10, in the 3rd grade of a private elementary school in Rio de Janeiro. This research is based on Allwright & Bailey (1991), and Wenger (1998), for whom the classroom is a space favourable to knowledge-construction; on Kern (2000) and Johns (1997), whose theories focus on the social and cognitive aspects of literacy, and on Kress (2000), Stein (2000), and Royce (2002), concerning the intersemiotic complementarity which facilitates the knowledge-construction process. The corpus of this study is composed of student-produced texts selected to exemplify the stages of drafting, re-drafting, illustrated text-writing and text- transposition to comic strips, which were developed during the exploration of a text book unit. The analysis of this material was carried out according to Halliday and Hasan (1989) and Ventola (1987a), for whom language is an expression of social behaviour in situational contexts, and according to Kress & van Leeuwen (1996), who point out the importance of the visual semiotic system as a resource for meaning- making. The text analysis and the reflection on the pedagogical work developed suggest the importance of offering challenging activities that are focused on a genre-based approach, as resources for learners to appropriate themselves of the target language in social contexts, while showing in their texts their social-historicalcultural experiences.

Magister Educationis - MEd / South Africa in the past-apartheid era has undergone a series of curriculum changes that collectively have not yet yielded the desired results. Evidence of this is to be found in the continued low pass rates and poor performance in the annual National Senior Certificate (Grade 12) examinations, including the subject English as a First Additional Language (EFAL). Apart from language policy considerations, reasons related to the teaching approach used in EFAL may have a bearing on the results.The Revised National Curriculum Statement (RNCS) recommends the use of a text-(genre) approach, alongside a communicative approach, to the teaching of languages in schools to replace the old content-based methods with their aims and objectives. While the old curriculum did advocate communicative language teaching, the addition is a text-based approach. This study focuses on investigating the various approaches teachers employ in the teaching of English writing and specifically seeks to identify the extent to which a text-based approach is realized in the teaching of EFAL in Grade 9 in two schools in the Western Cape. The study does so, amongst other ways, by analysing the various texts learners are exposed to in English lessons and taking note of how teachers introduce and negotiate the different stages of writing. This study uses genre theory and Systemic Functional Linguistics (SFL) in combination with social constructivist approaches to language learning. This theory is based on the premise that language is functional and cannot be detached from the social context of the learner.A qualitative research paradigm is used and the study is underpinned by interpretive theory.According to Richards (2003), qualitative research is the study of human action in its natural setting in the context of people’s daily lives. In this case the school classroom has to function as the natural setting. The qualitative data collection instruments for this study include interviews,(particularly open-ended interviews), classroom observation schedules and audio recordings. The teaching processes in the classroom and interview sessions are recorded.The research participants for this study were two qualified English teachers. Secondly, samples of notebooks including class exercises of a selected numbers of learners of English Language in Grade 9 were collected for analysis with regard to the implementation of a text-based approach.The findings revolve round the themes derived from the analysis chapter, and are expected to provide ways of promoting the teaching of English using this approach. They reveal that the teachers in this study do not have sufficient understanding of the theories that underpin the teaching of writing in the English FAL curriculum. They attend to the use of text-based approach superficially but they apply other teaching strategies in their lessons during the teaching of English as a first additional language. The study concludes by summing up the main findings,and by spelling out some implications for further research.

Skrivundervisning med stöd av genrepedagogik har sedan några år tillbaka bedrivits i flera svenska skolor. Pedagogiken vilar på sociokulturell teoribildning där stöttning och samarbete är centralt. Syftet med denna intervjustudie är att bidra till kunskap om hur verksamma lärare i årskurserna 1–6 upplever arbetet med genrepedagogik. I studien besvaras följande tre frågeställningar: hur arbetar lärarna med genrepedagogik, hur ser låg- och mellanstadielärare på arbetet med genrepedagogik och vilka effekter upplever lärarna att genrepedagogiken ger? Materialet till studien består av fem lärares intervjusvar. Intervjuerna har dels analyserats med hjälp av en innehållsanalysdär svaren har tematiserats utifrån studiens frågeställningar, dels analyserats utifrån de två sociokulturella begrepp som genrepedagogiken utgår från: stöttning och samarbete.  Innehållsanalysen visar att lärarna använder cirkelmodellen som en grund i skrivprocessen när de lär ut en ny genre samt att de använder både systemisk-funktionell grammatik och traditionell grammatik i sin undervisning. De effekter av genrepedagogik som lärarna upplever är genomgående positiva och beskrivs som att eleverna utvecklas i sitt språk och får verktyg som de kan använda i skrivandet. Några lärare lyfter dock negativa aspekter från sina erfarenheter att arbeta genrepedagogiskt som att det tar lång tid och att det fria skrivandet hämmas. Resultatet från analysen som är gjord med stöd av begreppen från den sociokulturella teorin visar att lärarna stöttar sina elever genom checklistor, stödstrukturer och ämnesspecifika begrepp samt genom samarbete. Lärarna beskriver att de upplever att ett genrepedagogiskt arbetssätt skapar tillfällen för elever att samarbeta.

Developing speaking proficiency in English has been highly demanded in the field of English education in Japan; however, teaching speaking in academic settings is difficult because of its complex nature. Many Japanese high school students cannot organize their spoken production coherently because they have not been explicitly taught how to meet the expectation of particular contexts or genres. Research on genre-based instruction has shown its effectiveness in the development of reading, writing, and listening skills; however, investigations of genre-based instruction have not been fully applied to the teaching of speaking. The primary purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of genre-based instruction to develop the academic speaking ability of Japanese high school students through a one-year longitudinal study. The effectiveness of genre-based instruction was assessed by focusing on the development of a macro-genre, academic monologic speech, and three micro-genres—procedure, definition, and causation—for within-group assessment as well as one oral summary of a research project micro-genre for between-group assessment. The research design was a multistage intervention mixed-method approach with qualitative data gathered after the experiment. Three analytical techniques were employed: (a) multi-faceted Rasch measurement (MFRM) was used to assess the extent to which the participants’ performance improved quantitatively, (b) descriptive analyses were used to investigate frequency changes in the use of target lexis, and (c) genre analysis was used to analyze how the discourse structure of the target genres changed qualitatively. The results indicated that genre-based instruction led to improvements in the participants’ speaking ability. The findings from the analysis of the three micro-genres—procedure, definition, causation—revealed statistically significant differences between the pretest and the posttest speeches in the procedure and causation micro-genres. A descriptive analysis also revealed the increases in the use of the target lexis in the micro-genres. A genre analysis of the three micro- genres illustrated how the schematic and rhetorical structure of the participants’ speech changed to meet the genre expectations of the target micro- and macro-genre. The analysis of the oral summary of a research project micro-genre demonstrated the effectiveness of genre-based instruction, as the experimental group outperformed the comparison group. This result was supported by the MFRM results, the descriptive analysis of lexis, and quantitative and qualitative genre analyses. The external validity analysis using the TOEIC Speaking Test also confirmed the effectiveness of genre-based instruction. In sum, the results provide evidence that genre-based instruction can improve Japanese high school students’ speaking ability. / Teaching & Learning

The aim of this study is to examine in what way teachers in upper secondary school who teaches non-language centered courses uses scaffolding within the theoretical context of language-based learning to support their students’ learning. The study will also examine if there is a difference depending on what subjects the teacher is licensed to teach in. The main methods used are observations and audio recordings of three different teachers during a total of six lessons. The material also consists of interviews with the observed teachers to give additional information about the teachers’ backgrounds and thoughts about language-based learning in relation to their teaching methods. The study is based on a sociocultural and cognitive approach along with the principles of scaffolding based in genre-based pedagogy and Jim Cummins’ theory on how to achieve language proficiency within a school-based contexed and its specialised domains. The results show that all teachers use scaffolding by creating an extensive context for learning within each domain. This contextual scaffolding helps the students learn the new language domain. The teachers also show variations in how they scaffold depending on the subject and student group with more abstract subjects being provided with more concrete exemplification. The conclusions drawn from this is that teachers use scaffolding to help students build the field of the domain and provide scaffolding according to the different subjects and student groups' current conditions and need for cognitive challenges.

Syftet med denna systematiska litteraturstudie är att ge en översikt över vad aktuell forskning kommit fram till om undervisning med genrepedagogik i årskurserna F–6. I studien besvaras följande tre frågeställningar: hur arbetar lärare med genrepedagogik, vilka elever undervisas med genrepedagogik och vilka effekter får genrepedagogik i undervisningen? Materialet till studien består av 12 empiriska studier, 4 svenska och 8 internationella. Studierna har analyserats systematiskt med stöd av två analysscheman som ordnat innehållet i forskningen tematiskt som underlag för beskrivning av såväl genomförandet av studierna som uppgifter som är relevanta som svar på denna studies forskningsfrågor. Genomgången av forskningen visar att lärare som arbetar med genrepedagogik tar stöd av den pedagogiska modell för undervisning som benämns cykeln för undervisning och lärande eller cirkelmodellen, vilken är indelad i fyra faser som främjar elevernas kompetens att skriva texter i olika genrer. Genomgången visar även att lärare använder systemisk funktionell grammatik och situationskontexten för att göra eleverna medvetna om språkliga drag som är funktionella i sin kontext. Vidare framkommer att lärarna stöttar sina elever genom att hjälpa dem i det som eleverna inte klarar på egen hand. De effekter av genrepedagogik som forskningen redovisar är genomgående mycket positiva och beskrivs som att eleverna stärks i sitt språk och utvecklar såväl sin skrivförmåga som sina ämneskunskaper. I flertalet publikationer som ingår i studien redovisas forskning om genrepedagogik i klassrum med flerspråkiga elever och i några redovisas forskning om genrepedagogik för elever i svårigheter; det finns således ett fåtal studier om genrepedagogik för elever som inte är flerspråkiga eller i svårigheter.

Syftet med denna uppsats är att undersöka sex lärares enskilda beskrivningar och upplevelser av genrepedagogiken. Inledningsvis presenteras kravet som undervisningen och samhället ställer på elevers skrivförmåga. Därefter ges en förklaring till hur genrepedagogiken kan möta dessa krav. För att undersöka detta har studien bedrivits utifrån två frågeställningar som är: Hur uppfattar läraren elevens förutsättningar för lärande utifrån genrepedagogiken? Vilka hinder och möjligheter framträder i lärares genrebaserade arbetssätt? Genom en kvalitativ studie med semistrukturerade intervjuer har vi kunnat få en djupare bild av lärarnas genrebaserade skrivundervisning. I vårt resultat framgår det att lärarna grundar både sin planering och undervisning på cirkelmodellens fyra faser. Det framkommer delade uppfattningar kring effekterna av genrepedagogiken. En del lärare menar att eleverna blir uttråkade och frustrerade, medan andra betonar att eleverna motiveras och inspireras. Slutligen betonas det att genrepedagogiken utgör både hinder och möjligheter i skrivundervisningen. Metoden hjälper eleverna att skriva utförligare texter efter genrens karaktäristiska drag. Däremot beskrivs genrepedagogiken också som hämmande för elevernas kreativitet och tidskrävande. Studiens slutsatser är att scaffolding är avgörande för elevernas lärande och skrivande. En annan slutsats är vikten av variation i skrivundervisningen för att hitta rätt balans mellan stöttning och utmaning för eleverna. / The aim of this study is to examine six teachers' descriptions and experiences of genre pedagogy. The study begins by presenting the requirement that teaching and society place on students' writing ability. Then an explanation is given of how genre pedagogy can meet these requirements. The study has been conducted based on two questions: How does the teacher perceive the student's conditions for learning based on genre pedagogy? What obstacles and opportunities appear in teachers' genre-based working methods? Through a qualitative study with semi-structured interviews, we have been able to get a deeper picture of teachers' genre-based writing instruction. Our result shows that teachers base both their planning and teaching on the four phases of the circle model. There are divided views about the effects of genre pedagogy. Some teachers believe that students become bored and frustrated, while others emphasize that students are motivated and inspired. Finally, it's pointed out that genre pedagogy constitutes both obstacles and opportunities in writing instruction. The method helps students write more detailed texts according to the genre's characteristic features. Despite this, the genre pedagogy is inhibiting students' creativity and also being time-consuming. The study concludes that scaffolding is crucial for students' learning and writing. Another conclusion is the importance of variation in writing instruction to find the right balance between scaffolding and challenge for student's

The present thesis aims to describe teenagers as peer reviewers and explore possible benefits of giving feedback. My study was carried out in two EFL classrooms in year eight in a Swedish lower secondary school, where the pupils were engaged with the written task to write an informative reply letter in English. The teaching unit included negotiations of a joint criteria list, feedback training, peer review, and the production of first and final drafts of the reply letter. Data were collected from multiples sources: texts produced in class, audio- and video-recordings, questionnaires and interviews. My main findings suggest that pupils can learn about writing from giving feedback. By adopting a reader perspective, the pupils raised their genre and audience awareness. Moreover, the peer-reviewed reply letters served as inspiration both in terms of transfer of structure, such as rhetorical organisation, and of ideas and content. Self-reports indicated that the pupils in my study enhanced their ability to self-assess and edit their own writing, which suggests that transferable skills were developed as a result of peer review. As regards micro-level aspects of writing, reading and commenting on peers’ reply letters seemed to influence a smaller number of pupils to transfer patterns and spelling. In their role as peer reviewers, the pupils successfully identified strengths and weaknesses in their peers’ writing, but the feedback comments did not include much specific formative information. My findings contribute to research on L2 writing and peer feedback by showing that younger learners can benefit from giving feedback. This is significant since previous research has mainly been carried out at university and college level. In addition, by combining text analyses, classroom observation and pupils’ self-reports, my study offers a comprehensive understanding of peer review. / Syftet med min licentiatuppsats är att beskriva tonåringar som kamratbedömare och undersöka möjliga fördelar med att ge feedback. Min studie genomfördes i två engelskklassrum i årskurs åtta i en svensk högstadieskola där eleverna  arbetade med att skriva svarsbrev på engelska. Arbetsområdet inkluderade diskussioner om en gemensam kriterielista, träning i att ge feedback, kamratbedömning och skriftlig produktion av utkast och slutlig version av svarsbrevet. Material samlades in från flera olika källor: de texter som skrevs i klassrummet, ljud- och videoinspelningar, enkäter och intervjuer. Mina resultat visar att elevers eget skrivande kan gynnas genom att ge feedback. Genom att de fick ett läsarperspektiv på sitt skrivande ökade elevernas medvetenhet om genre och mottagare. Dessutom fungerade de brev som eleverna läste och gav feedback på som inspiration, vilket visades genom att de överförde disposition och strukturer, samt idéer och innehåll till sitt eget skrivande. Eleverna uttryckte själva att de förbättrade sin förmåga att självbedöma och rätta sina texter, vilket indikerar att det är möjligt att utveckla överförbara färdigheter genom att bedöma andras texter. Ett mindre antal elever överförde ord och grammatiska strukturer från sina kamraters texter, men överlag påverkades skrivandets mikronivå i mindre utsträckning än makronivån (organisation och innehåll). I sin roll som kamratbedömare kunde eleverna  identifiera styrkor och svagheter i sina klasskamraters texter, men deras feedbackkommentarer innehöll relativt lite formativ information. Tidigare forskning inom området har främst utförts på högskole- och universitetsnivå  och mina resultat bidrar till forskning om skrivande i främmande språk och kamratfeedback genom att visa att också högstadieelevers skrivande kan gynnas av att ge feedback.

Η διδακτορική αυτή διατριβή πραγματεύεται έναν επικοινωνιακό-κειμενοκεντρικό τρόπο διδασκαλίας της γραμματικής στο Δημοτικό Σχολείο της Κύπρου και, κατ’ επέκταση, της Ελλάδας. Περιλαμβάνει λεπτομερή περιγραφή μίας πρότασης πειραματικής εφαρμογής της επικοινωνιακής-κειμενοκεντρικής προσέγγισης στην Γ΄ Δημοτικού, στην Κύπρο, βασισμένης στο παιδαγωγικό μοντέλο συστημικής-λειτουργικής γραμματικής της Αυστραλιανής Σχολής (του Halliday και των συνεργατών του), το οποίο εστιάζει στο κείμενο, ως προϊόν και κοινωνική διαδικασία, στο συγκείμενο, στη γραμματική των κειμενικών ειδών, στη γλωσσική επάρκεια και, ευρύτερα, στο γραμματισμό. Στο πλαίσιο της συγκεκριμένης πειραματικής εφαρμογής διεξήχθη ημιπειραματική έρευνα με προπειραματικό και μεταπειραματικό έλεγχο, με δύο φυσικώς ισοδύναμες ομάδες. Σκοπός της έρευνας ήταν να εξετάσει την αποτελεσματικότητα ερευνητικού προγράμματος επικοινωνιακής-κειμενοκεντρικής προσέγγισης της διδασκαλίας της γραμματικής ως προς τη γλωσσική επάρκεια (και τις δύο συνιστώσες της, τη γλωσσική ικανότητα και την επικοινωνιακή ικανότητα) των παιδιών που συμμετείχαν σε αυτή και ως προς το επίπεδο γραμματισμού τους, εν γένει. Η έρευνα ήταν ποσοτική. Μέσω ενός ειδικά καταρτισμένου δοκιμίου, που περιλάμβανε ποικιλία έργων και σχετικών ασκήσεων, μετρήθηκαν τόσο οι γλωσσικές όσο και οι επικοινωνιακές επιδόσεις των παιδιών των δύο ομάδων. Οι υποθέσεις της έρευνας εστίασαν σε ορισμένα γλωσσικής και επικοινωνιακής φύσεως εννοιακά υποεπίπεδα, συναρτήσει του ευρύτερου εννοιακού επιπέδου «γλωσσική επάρκεια», και σχετίζονται με τα ακόλουθα ερωτήματα: 1. Ποια είναι η επίδραση της επικοινωνιακής-κειμενοκεντρικής διδασκαλίας της γραμματικής στη γλωσσική ικανότητα που αντιστοιχεί στην ορθογραφική γνώση του διδασκομένου; 2. Ποια είναι η επίδραση της επικοινωνιακής-κειμενοκεντρικής διδασκαλίας της γραμματικής στη γλωσσική ικανότητα που αντιστοιχεί στην «αμιγώς γραμματική» (μορφοσυντακτική) γνώση (ή γνώση γραμματικών κανόνων παραδοσιακού τύπου) του διδασκομένου; 3. Ποια είναι η επίδραση της επικοινωνιακής-κειμενοκεντρικής διδασκαλίας της γραμματικής στη γλωσσική ικανότητα που αντιστοιχεί στη γνώση του διδασκομένου σε σχέση με τη μεταγλώσσα (βασική γραμματική ορολογία); 4. Ποια είναι η επίδραση της επικοινωνιακής-κειμενοκεντρικής διδασκαλίας της γραμματικής στο γενικό επίπεδο της γλωσσικής ικανότητας (γλωσσικές επιδόσεις) του διδασκομένου; 5. Ποια είναι η επίδραση της επικοινωνιακής-κειμενοκεντρικής διδασκαλίας της γραμματικής στην επικοινωνιακή ικανότητα του διδασκόμενου που αντιστοιχεί στη γνώση δόμησης γραπτού λόγου (άρα και παραγωγής γραπτών κειμένων) εντός επικοινωνιακού πλαισίου (και αναλύεται βάσει επιμέρους σχετικών δεικτών]; 6. Ποια είναι η επίδραση της επικοινωνιακής-κειμενοκεντρικής διδασκαλίας της γραμματικής στο γενικό επίπεδο της επικοινωνιακής ικανότητας (επικοινωνιακές επιδόσεις) του διδασκομένου; 7. Ποια είναι, εν τέλει, η επίδραση της επικοινωνιακής-κειμενοκεντρικής διδασκαλίας της γραμματικής στην καλλιέργεια της γλωσσικής επάρκειας του διδασκομένου; Τα ευρήματα της έρευνας, αναφορικά με τα παραπάνω ερωτήματα και στη βάση των υποθέσεών της, ειδικότερα, κατέδειξαν ότι υπήρξε στατιστικά σημαντική διαφορά ως προς: α. τις «γλωσσικές» και τις «επικοινωνιακές επιδόσεις» των παιδιών της Πειραματικής Ομάδας έναντι των αντίστοιχων επιδόσεων της Ομάδας Ελέγχου, κατά την τελική αξιολόγηση της γλωσσικής επάρκειάς τους (της γλωσσικής ικανότητας και της επικοινωνιακής ικανότητάς τους, αντίστοιχα) β. τις «γλωσσικές επιδόσεις» και τις «επικοινωνιακές» επιδόσεις των παιδιών της Πειραματικής Ομάδας, ανάμεσα στην αρχική και την τελική αξιολόγηση της γλωσσικής επάρκειάς τους (της γλωσσικής ικανότητας και της επικοινωνιακής ικανότητά τους, αντίστοιχα) γ. το τελικό γενικό επίπεδο γλωσσικής επάρκειας των παιδιών της Πειραματικής Ομάδας έναντι του αντίστοιχου επιπέδου της Ομάδας Ελέγχου δ. το αρχικό και το τελικό γενικό επίπεδο της γλωσσικής επάρκειας των παιδιών της Πειραματικής Ομάδας. Τα παραπάνω ευρήματα, όπως φαίνεται και από τη θεματική ανάλυση περιεχομένου των ποιοτικών δεδομένων που συλλέχθηκαν μέσω, κυρίως, της συμμετοχικής παρατήρησης και της συνέντευξης, η οποία ενισχύει σε μεγάλο βαθμό την εσωτερική εγκυρότητα της έρευνας, σχετίζονται, δυνητικά, με το όλο ερευνητικό πρόγραμμα και την πειραματική παρέμβαση καθαυτή. Γενικά, τα ποσοτικά και ποιοτικά ευρήματα της έρευνας επικυρώνουν την ανάγκη για στροφή από την επικοινωνιακή προσέγγιση στην κειμενοκεντρική προσέγγιση, με έμφαση στη ρητή διδασκαλία των κειμενικών ειδών και της γραμματικής τους, γεγονός το οποίο μπορεί να συμβάλει θετικά στην καλλιέργεια της γλωσσικής επάρκειας, και εν γένει του γραμματισμού. Μία τέτοια αλλαγή αναμένεται ότι θα επιτρέψει τον απεγκλωβισμό από το "πώς" της γραμματικής διδασκαλίας και θα δώσει απαντήσεις σε ερωτήματα όπως: "ποια είδη κειμένου πρέπει να διδάσκονται, σε ποια τάξη και με ποια σειρά". Η διατριβή εστιάζει συστηματικά στον προβληματισμό αυτό και καταθέτει τη δική της ολοκληρωμένη πρόταση για κειμενοκεντρική προσέγγιση της γραμματικής στην Γ΄ Δημοτικού, τάξη η οποία συνιστά ένα κομβικό σημείο στη γλωσσική αγωγή, αναγνωρίζοντας το ρόλο της γραμματικής διδασκαλίας στο γραμματισμό των παιδιών του δημοτικού σχολείου.Στην τελική αυτή πρόταση κυρίαρχη θέση έχει όχι απλώς η "παιδαγωγική του γραμματισμού" αλλά η "παιδαγωγική της γραμματικής του γραμματισμού", η οποία και θεμελιώνεται σε συγκεκριμένα κειμενολογικά κριτήρια. / This PhD thesis deals with a communicative-genre based way of grammar teaching in the Primary School of Cyprus and, additionally, of Greece. It describes in detail an experimental programme, which is based on the Hallidayian systemic-functional model of grammar and the relative Sydney School Theory, from a pedagogic perspective. For the application of the particular programme, which took place in Grade 3, a quasi experimental research was carried out. The design for this research was a pre test - post test, control group-experimental group design. The aim of the research was to examine the effectiveness of the particular experimental programme, regarding the student’s linguistic adequacy (and its two components, the linguistic competence and the communicative competence) and their literacy, in general. The research was quantitative. Via an appropriate test, that included various linguistic and communicative exercises, the linguistic competence and the communicative competence of all the students, who participated in the programme, were tested at the outset of the research. After the Experimental Group received an instruction which placed a strong emphasis on text, as a product and as a social process, context and grammar, for a three month period, both experimental and control group students were re-tested, in order to examine their literacy outcomes in various linguistic and communicative areas and subjects of linguistic adequacy, such as the orthographic knowledge, the grammatical knowledge, the metalinguistic knowledge and the knowledge for effective written text production. The main null hypothesis for the research stated that no change would take place, between the Experimental Group and the Control Group, in the competencies related to “knowledge about language” and “knowledge of the language use”, as a result of the Experimental Group's exposure to explicit grammar teaching and, specifically, to communicative and genre based strategies and activities. After the data were analysed, the main null hypothesis was rejected and the alternative hypothesis, positing that a significant positive change would take place in the Experimental Group’s literacy outcomes was affirmed. The results of the quantitative research were accompanied by the results of a parallel qualitative research. The thematic content analysis of the qualitative data, which were collected via a series of participative observations and interviews, increased the internal validity of the research and strengthened the possible relationship between the instruction, being described above, and the quantitative research results. Generally speaking, the quantitative and qualitative results of the research underline the possible effectiveness of the communicative and, especially, of the genre based grammar approach, regarding the linguistic adequacy of primary school students and their literacy. So, the most important conclusion of this PhD thesis is that, within the frame of a genre based grammar education, students can acquire the knowledge and skills to both write effectively and to deal knowingly with grammatical as well as textual forms. As genre based grammar education is related to a new way of grammar teaching, which aims to the social construction of language, it becomes equal to literacy based education. This new way allows the movement from the “how” of grammar teaching to the “how” of genres' teaching, during the primary years of schooling. The final proposal of the thesis refers to the “how” of genres' teaching in Grade 3, which is supposed to be a crucial point regarding language education and, obviously, regarding literacy itself.