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  • The Global ETD Search service is a free service for researchers to find electronic theses and dissertations. This service is provided by the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations.
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L'enseignement des langues étrangères dans la formation professionnelle du second degré en Allemagne, en Catalogne et en France : statuts, usages, représentations / Teaching foreign languages in vocational education in Germany, Catalonia and France : status, uses and representations

Pichard-Doustin, Dominique 29 November 2018 (has links)
Cette thèse explore et compare des représentations élaborées au sujet des langues étrangères ayant leur place dans les curricula de la formation professionnelle du second degré de trois entités socio-historiques et politiques, l’Allemagne, la Catalogne et la France. Elle s’intéresse aussi aux finalités de l’enseignement de ces langues étrangères et aux éventuelles influences exercées par les contextes politiques, idéologiques, sociolinguistiques et éducatifs sur les représentations élaborées par les personnes interrogées. Ces questionnements permettent de formuler que dans les représentations élaborées par des personnes résidant en Allemagne, en Catalogne et en France, une langue étrangère et une finalité de l’apprentissage de langues étrangères dominent : l’anglais et la fonction utilitariste de la langue. / This doctoral thesis seeks to explore and compare representations about forein languages to learn in vocational education in three socio-historical and political entities, Germany, Catalonia and France. It also aims to explore and compare the finalities of learning foreign languages in this kind of education and the eventual influences of political, ideological, sociolinguistical and educational contexts on the representations of the interviewed persons. Those questions allow to formulate that one language and one finality are hegemonical in the representations, english and the utility to learn a foreign language.
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O efeito de histeresis na constituição do habitus linguístico do professor de língua portuguesa /

Sampaio, Wany Bernardete de Araujo. January 2009 (has links)
Orientador: Luci Regina Muzzeti / Banca: Caren Elisabeth Studer / Banca: Aracy Alves Martins / Banca: Ernesto Sérgio Bertoldo / Banca: Cássia Regina Coutinho Sossolote / Resumo: O trabalho discute - à luz do referencial bourdieuniano - a constituição do habitus linguístico de professores de Língua Portuguesa em formação, analisando-se a atuação linguística metacomunicativa de estagiários do curso de Letras, com foco na escrita por eles utilizada para a transmissão dos conteúdos culturalmente legítimos aos alunos do Ensino Fundamental e Médio. O tratamento do tema, sob o viés sociológico, pautou-se em uma metodologia que mescla estudo de caso e análise situacional, utilizando-se da técnica de bricolage, com abordagens quantitativa e qualitativa. A exposição dos resultados apresenta: 1) reflexões sobre o referencial teórico de Bourdieu, desenvolvendo as principais categorias que nortearam a análise e que, de alguma forma, condicionam a escolha do curso e o desempenho dos alunos de Letras-Português, seja na classe ou atuando no estágio; 2) um estudo documental, contextualizando a Universidade Federal de Rondônia - UNIR, o curso de Letras-Português, desde sua fundação até os dias atuais; 3) o perfil patrimonial dos estudantes de Letras-Português da UNIR; 4) análise do capital linguístico dos estagiários de Letras-Português, considerando situações de uso da língua escrita em sala de aula. A análise situacional foi realizada a partir da observação e registro de aulas ministradas em escolas públicas por estagiários do curso de Letras-Português durante o ano de 2008. Foram detectados: a) erros de grafia decorrentes de interferência da fala na escrita; b) inadequação de pontuação e ausência de acentuação gráfica; c) confusão entre formas e tempos verbais do futuro do subjuntivo de verbos com anomalia morfológica; d) desconhecimento de conteúdos gramaticais no âmbito da fonética/fonologia, morfologia sintaxe e semântica. Na discussão de tais fatos considera-se o efeito de histeresis do habitus (Cf. Bourdieu, 1972)... (Resumo completo, clicar acesso eletrônico abaixo) / Abstract: The paper discusses - in light of the Bourdieu's theoretical reference - the constitution of the linguistical habitus of Portuguese Language teachers in training, analyzing the metacommunicative linguistical performance of trainees of a course of Portuguese, focusing the writing used by them for transmission of culturally legitimate content to students of elementary and high school. The treatment of the subject, under the sociological perspective was based on a methodology that combines the case study and situational analysis, using the technique of bricolage, with quantitative and qualitative approaches. The exposure of the result presents: 1) reflections on the theoretical framework of Bourdieu, which developed the main categories that guided the analysis and, in some way, influence the choice of course and the performance of students of Portuguese, either in class or acting on stage; 2) a documentary study, contextualizing the Federal University of Rondônia - UNIR, the course of Portuguese, from its foundation until today; 3) the patrimony profile of the students of Portuguese; 4) the analyzis of the linguistical capital of the Portuguese trainees, considering situations of use in written language in the classroom. The situational analysis was carried out from the observation and recording of classes taught by trainees in public schools during the year 2008. The research detected: a) spelling errors due to the interference of speech in writing; b) inadequacy of punctuation and lack of graphic accents; c) confusion between forms and tenses of the subjunctive future of verbs with malformations; d) lack of grammatical contents in phonetics/phonology, morphology, syntax and semantics. In discussing these facts we consider the effect of hysteresis of habitus (cf. Bourdieu, 1972) as a causative factor of non-use of distinctive linguistic capital accumulated by the Portuguese language teachers in training. / Doutor
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Interkulturellt arbetssätt? : Hur arbetar förberedelseklass- & modersmålslärare med andraspråkselever samt hur förhåller de sig till ett språkligt och matematiskt bemötande i undervisningen?

Aslan, Nahrin, Brehe, Christer January 2009 (has links)
<p>The purpose with this essay is to analyze teachers (in mother language and preparatory classes) perspective and see how they choose to work with different tools, and at the same time see how the teachers approach the pupils from an intercultural, mathematical and linguistical perspective. We also want to observe if there are any similarities and/or differences between the teachers in how they choose to work with the pupils with second language in the classroom.</p><p>Our keywords are intercultural approach, mathematical treatment and linguistical treatment. We study the working methods and tactics practiced by the teachers, which we find relevant to use in this essay. To get a wider perspective we decided to observe two different schools in different districts. We use a qualitative method as the basis in our research which provides a deeper view of the school environment.</p><p> </p><p>Result: This essay shows that the teachers have similarities in their approach to students which contains an intercultural perspective. It was also shown in different ways in both schools how the teachers approached the pupils on the subjects of mathematic and linguistic. Regarding cooperation with teachers of mother language it is said to play a crucial role in how pupils with second language will develop their understanding and vocabulary.</p><p> </p>
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O efeito de histeresis na constituição do habitus linguístico do professor de língua portuguesa

Sampaio, Wany Bernardete de Araujo [UNESP] 23 November 2009 (has links) (PDF)
Made available in DSpace on 2014-06-11T19:31:31Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2009-11-23Bitstream added on 2014-06-13T21:02:40Z : No. of bitstreams: 1 sampaio_wba_dr_arafcl.pdf: 599873 bytes, checksum: fc7859a4bf8669a67b9358b4903d5dd7 (MD5) / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES) / O trabalho discute – à luz do referencial bourdieuniano – a constituição do habitus linguístico de professores de Língua Portuguesa em formação, analisando-se a atuação linguística metacomunicativa de estagiários do curso de Letras, com foco na escrita por eles utilizada para a transmissão dos conteúdos culturalmente legítimos aos alunos do Ensino Fundamental e Médio. O tratamento do tema, sob o viés sociológico, pautou-se em uma metodologia que mescla estudo de caso e análise situacional, utilizando-se da técnica de bricolage, com abordagens quantitativa e qualitativa. A exposição dos resultados apresenta: 1) reflexões sobre o referencial teórico de Bourdieu, desenvolvendo as principais categorias que nortearam a análise e que, de alguma forma, condicionam a escolha do curso e o desempenho dos alunos de Letras-Português, seja na classe ou atuando no estágio; 2) um estudo documental, contextualizando a Universidade Federal de Rondônia – UNIR, o curso de Letras-Português, desde sua fundação até os dias atuais; 3) o perfil patrimonial dos estudantes de Letras-Português da UNIR; 4) análise do capital linguístico dos estagiários de Letras-Português, considerando situações de uso da língua escrita em sala de aula. A análise situacional foi realizada a partir da observação e registro de aulas ministradas em escolas públicas por estagiários do curso de Letras-Português durante o ano de 2008. Foram detectados: a) erros de grafia decorrentes de interferência da fala na escrita; b) inadequação de pontuação e ausência de acentuação gráfica; c) confusão entre formas e tempos verbais do futuro do subjuntivo de verbos com anomalia morfológica; d) desconhecimento de conteúdos gramaticais no âmbito da fonética/fonologia, morfologia sintaxe e semântica. Na discussão de tais fatos considera-se o efeito de histeresis do habitus (Cf. Bourdieu, 1972)... / The paper discusses - in light of the Bourdieu´s theoretical reference - the constitution of the linguistical habitus of Portuguese Language teachers in training, analyzing the metacommunicative linguistical performance of trainees of a course of Portuguese, focusing the writing used by them for transmission of culturally legitimate content to students of elementary and high school. The treatment of the subject, under the sociological perspective was based on a methodology that combines the case study and situational analysis, using the technique of bricolage, with quantitative and qualitative approaches. The exposure of the result presents: 1) reflections on the theoretical framework of Bourdieu, which developed the main categories that guided the analysis and, in some way, influence the choice of course and the performance of students of Portuguese, either in class or acting on stage; 2) a documentary study, contextualizing the Federal University of Rondônia - UNIR, the course of Portuguese, from its foundation until today; 3) the patrimony profile of the students of Portuguese; 4) the analyzis of the linguistical capital of the Portuguese trainees, considering situations of use in written language in the classroom. The situational analysis was carried out from the observation and recording of classes taught by trainees in public schools during the year 2008. The research detected: a) spelling errors due to the interference of speech in writing; b) inadequacy of punctuation and lack of graphic accents; c) confusion between forms and tenses of the subjunctive future of verbs with malformations; d) lack of grammatical contents in phonetics/phonology, morphology, syntax and semantics. In discussing these facts we consider the effect of hysteresis of habitus (cf. Bourdieu, 1972) as a causative factor of non-use of distinctive linguistic capital accumulated by the Portuguese language teachers in training.
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Interkulturellt arbetssätt? : Hur arbetar förberedelseklass- &amp; modersmålslärare med andraspråkselever samt hur förhåller de sig till ett språkligt och matematiskt bemötande i undervisningen?

Aslan, Nahrin, Brehe, Christer January 2009 (has links)
The purpose with this essay is to analyze teachers (in mother language and preparatory classes) perspective and see how they choose to work with different tools, and at the same time see how the teachers approach the pupils from an intercultural, mathematical and linguistical perspective. We also want to observe if there are any similarities and/or differences between the teachers in how they choose to work with the pupils with second language in the classroom. Our keywords are intercultural approach, mathematical treatment and linguistical treatment. We study the working methods and tactics practiced by the teachers, which we find relevant to use in this essay. To get a wider perspective we decided to observe two different schools in different districts. We use a qualitative method as the basis in our research which provides a deeper view of the school environment. Result: This essay shows that the teachers have similarities in their approach to students which contains an intercultural perspective. It was also shown in different ways in both schools how the teachers approached the pupils on the subjects of mathematic and linguistic. Regarding cooperation with teachers of mother language it is said to play a crucial role in how pupils with second language will develop their understanding and vocabulary.
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Didactique des langues et pratiques académiques professionnalisantes : le français dans la formation scientifique et technique / Didactics of French as a Foreign Language and Professionnalizing Educational Practices French in Scientific and Technical training

Courchinoux, Sandrine 19 November 2012 (has links)
Notre recherche vise à élaborer des propositions pédagogiques et des outils de formation continue, pour des enseignants de FLE dont le public suit une formation scientifique et technique dans une école d’ingénieurs. Dans un cadre épistémologique de didactique des langues et des cultures, nous nous positionnons dans la continuité des travaux actuels. Nous montrons aussi comment des outils ethnographiques peuvent enrichir une analyse des besoins pour ces publics « spécifiques » et favoriser une approche de l’analyste et de l’enseignant de FLE décentrée. A partir de cette approche par tâche située, des contenus langagiers ont été identifiés et des propositions pédagogiques pour le français émises. Issue de la pratique de terrain, notre recherche-action propose, pour finir, des pistes de formation continue pour les enseignants de FLE qui forment des publics interagissant dans des contextes spécifiques. / This research aims to develop educational proposals and tools for on-going training for teachers of French as a foreign language (FLE) having an audience of non-French speaking learners undertaking scientific and technical training in a french graduate engineering school. Part of an epistemological and didactical framework, the research is in the continuity of current studies. It shows also how ethnographic tools can enrich an analysis of the needs of these « specific » audiences and privilege an approach of the analyst and the FLE teachers, which move away from their perceptions on language, scientific and technical studies, and the industry of energy and transport.From this approach by social task, linguistic contents were identified and educational proposals for the FLE were put forward. Another outcome of the field work is that this action-research offers on-going training options for FLE teachers having to teach to audiences interacting in specific contexts.
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Språkligt bemötande. : Pedagogers arbete med små barns språkutveckling och genus. / Linguistical treatment. : Teacher’s work with the language development and gender of young children.

Nelson, Annakarin, Andréasson, Frida January 2008 (has links)
I förskolans läroplan beskrivs att pedagoger ska lägga stor vikt vid att uppmuntra varje barn till att utveckla sitt språk. Under verksamhetsförlagda delar av utbildningen och arbete på förskolor har vi sett att små barn ibland får stå åt sidan för att gynna verksamhet för äldre barn. Att låta barn utveckla sitt språk med stöd av pedagoger och en social miljö är något som påverkar oss resten av livet. Att behärska språket är en nödvändighet i samhället. Syftet med studien är att synliggöra verksamma pedagogers arbete med ett- till treåringars språkutveckling i förskolan. Studien syftar vidare till att påvisa eventuella skillnader i språkligt bemötande ur genusperspektiv. Studien är kvalitativ och bygger på fyra observationer och fyra intervjuer, vilka är genomförda på två olika förskolor. Resultatet presenterar pedagogers arbetssätt och tankar bakom arbetet med språkutveckling, vilka möjligheter respektive hinder de ser och deras tankar bakom bemötande av flickor och pojkar ur språkutvecklingsperspektiv. I resultatet framkom att pedagogerna arbetar med språket på många sätt på förskolan, till exempel genom samlingar, vardagliga möten med barnen och genom att minska barngrupperna för att få mer tid för varje barn. I arbetet med språket ser pedagogerna möjligheter att använda sig av samlingen som pedagogiskt redskap men även utnyttja de vardagliga mötena. Pedagogen själv kan vara ett hinder om inte tiden finns för samtal med barnen då en viktig del av språkstimulansen går förlorad. Vissa pedagoger ser inga hinder alls för språkutvecklingen. Beträffande eventuell skillnad i bemötande gentemot flickor och pojkar visar resultatet att pedagogerna inte gör någon märkbar skillnad utan de alla har värderingen att bemöta alla barn lika. Slutligen diskuteras resultatet i relation till litteraturen och våra egna reflektioner. Studiens slutsats är att uppmuntran, benämning och bekräftelse kännetecknar det språkliga bemötandet i pedagogernas arbete med små barns språkutveckling. / In the curriculum of the nursery school it is said that the teachers shall lay stress on encouraging each child to develop his/her language. During trainee work of the education and the work at nursery schools, we have been witnessing young children step aside in the favour of the older children’s activity. Letting children develop their language with the support of the teachers and a social surrounding affects them for the rest of their lives. Controlling the language is a necessity in the society. The purpose with this study is to visualise how active teachers are thinking and working with a language education for one- to three-year-olds. The study aims further to point out any differences in a linguistic treatment from a gender perspective. The study is qualitative and it is based on four observations and four interviews, which are carried out at two different nursery schools. The result presents the teachers’ way of working and thoughts behind the work with language education, what possibilities and obstacles they see and their thoughts behind the treatment of girls and boys from a language developing perspective. In the result it appeared that the teachers work with the language in many different ways at the nursery school, for instance by gatherings, everyday meetings with the children and by reducing the children groups to gain more time for each child. In the work with the language, the teachers see the possibilities of using the gathering as an educational tool and utilising the everyday meetings as well. The teacher him/her self can be an obstacle if there is no time for talk with the children, whereas an important part of the language stimulation is lost. Some teachers don’t see any obstacles whatsoever for the language development. Regarding a possible difference in the treatment against girls and boys, the result shows that teachers don’t make any remarkable distinction, but they all share the value of treating every child equally. Finally, the result is discussed in the relation to the literature and our own reflections.
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Språkligt bemötande. : Pedagogers arbete med små barns språkutveckling och genus. / Linguistical treatment. : Teacher’s work with the language development and gender of young children.

Nelson, Annakarin, Andréasson, Frida January 2008 (has links)
<p>I förskolans läroplan beskrivs att pedagoger ska lägga stor vikt vid att uppmuntra varje barn till att utveckla sitt språk. Under verksamhetsförlagda delar av utbildningen och arbete på förskolor har vi sett att små barn ibland får stå åt sidan för att gynna verksamhet för äldre barn. Att låta barn utveckla sitt språk med stöd av pedagoger och en social miljö är något som påverkar oss resten av livet. Att behärska språket är en nödvändighet i samhället. Syftet med studien är att synliggöra verksamma pedagogers arbete med ett- till treåringars språkutveckling i förskolan. Studien syftar vidare till att påvisa eventuella skillnader i språkligt bemötande ur genusperspektiv. Studien är kvalitativ och bygger på fyra observationer och fyra intervjuer, vilka är genomförda på två olika förskolor. Resultatet presenterar pedagogers arbetssätt och tankar bakom arbetet med språkutveckling, vilka möjligheter respektive hinder de ser och deras tankar bakom bemötande av flickor och pojkar ur språkutvecklingsperspektiv. I resultatet framkom att pedagogerna arbetar med språket på många sätt på förskolan, till exempel genom samlingar, vardagliga möten med barnen och genom att minska barngrupperna för att få mer tid för varje barn. I arbetet med språket ser pedagogerna möjligheter att använda sig av samlingen som pedagogiskt redskap men även utnyttja de vardagliga mötena. Pedagogen själv kan vara ett hinder om inte tiden finns för samtal med barnen då en viktig del av språkstimulansen går förlorad. Vissa pedagoger ser inga hinder alls för språkutvecklingen. Beträffande eventuell skillnad i bemötande gentemot flickor och pojkar visar resultatet att pedagogerna inte gör någon märkbar skillnad utan de alla har värderingen att bemöta alla barn lika. Slutligen diskuteras resultatet i relation till litteraturen och våra egna reflektioner. Studiens slutsats är att uppmuntran, benämning och bekräftelse kännetecknar det språkliga bemötandet i pedagogernas arbete med små barns språkutveckling.</p> / <p>In the curriculum of the nursery school it is said that the teachers shall lay stress on encouraging each child to develop his/her language. During trainee work of the education and the work at nursery schools, we have been witnessing young children step aside in the favour of the older children’s activity. Letting children develop their language with the support of the teachers and a social surrounding affects them for the rest of their lives. Controlling the language is a necessity in the society. The purpose with this study is to visualise how active teachers are thinking and working with a language education for one- to three-year-olds. The study aims further to point out any differences in a linguistic treatment from a gender perspective. The study is qualitative and it is based on four observations and four interviews, which are carried out at two different nursery schools. The result presents the teachers’ way of working and thoughts behind the work with language education, what possibilities and obstacles they see and their thoughts behind the treatment of girls and boys from a language developing perspective. In the result it appeared that the teachers work with the language in many different ways at the nursery school, for instance by gatherings, everyday meetings with the children and by reducing the children groups to gain more time for each child. In the work with the language, the teachers see the possibilities of using the gathering as an educational tool and utilising the everyday meetings as well. The teacher him/her self can be an obstacle if there is no time for talk with the children, whereas an important part of the language stimulation is lost. Some teachers don’t see any obstacles whatsoever for the language development. Regarding a possible difference in the treatment against girls and boys, the result shows that teachers don’t make any remarkable distinction, but they all share the value of treating every child equally. Finally, the result is discussed in the relation to the literature and our own reflections.</p>
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Introduzindo a dimensão histórico-cultural da física na construção do conceito de movimento de um corpo através de um livro paradidático

BEZERRA, Washington Carvalho 30 March 2006 (has links)
Submitted by (lucia.rodrigues@ufrpe.br) on 2016-11-29T12:55:35Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Washington Carvalho Bezerra.pdf: 810507 bytes, checksum: 4864d5ee97fe503d4e0c4f80091ebcc6 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2016-11-29T12:55:35Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Washington Carvalho Bezerra.pdf: 810507 bytes, checksum: 4864d5ee97fe503d4e0c4f80091ebcc6 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2006-03-30 / This research has the objective of analysing the contribution of a paradidatical book for the historical-cultural contextualization of the bodies movement concept. The reason for this review owes to the focus adopted by didatical book for this subject, which privileges the representation and comunication just as investigation and comprehension related aspects, treating superficially the aspects related to the historical-cultural contextualization. The nominated methodology was condensed into following the didatical intervention of a physics teatcher, helped by an Arts teatcher, on an 8th grade High School class with 33 students. Ten classes were realized, in which, in the first one a quiz was applied for setting up the multiple inteligences potential of the students and, in the second one, a pre-test was applied for gathering their main conceptions of the movement concept. In the next classes, there were many activities developed using didatical books and also paradidatical books, reflecting the verbal-linguistical inteligence potentialization. In the seventh and eighth classes the students mounted texts written based on the paradidatical book content; in the ninth it was applied a pos-test and in the tenth the teatcher made an interview with ten students. The analysis of the pre-test and pos-test found that there was a concept changing from Aristotle's to Galileo's vision of movement, having 79% of satisfying answers on the proposed itens. This way, we concluded that this paradidatical book has complemented the didatical one regarding to historical-cultural contextualization of the bodies movement concept. / Este trabalho tem por objetivo analisar a contribuição dada por um livro paradidático para a contextualização histórico-cultural do conceito de movimento dos corpos. A justificativa para este estudo deve-se ao enfoque adotado pelos livros didáticos para esse assunto, que privilegia os aspectos ligados à representação e comunicação, assim como à investigação e compreensão, tratando de forma superficial os aspectos ligados à referida contextualização. A metodologia empregada consistiu em acompanhar a intervenção didática de um professor de Física, auxiliado por uma professora de Artes, junto a uma turma de 8ª série com 33 alunos. Foram realizadas dez aulas, sendo que, na primeira foi aplicado um questionário para levantar o potencial de inteligências múltiplas dos alunos e, na segunda, um pré-teste para descobrir as suas concepções prévias sobre o conceito de movimento. Nas aulas seguintes, foram desenvolvidas diversas atividades utilizando o livro paradidático, além do livro didático, levando em consideração a potencialização da inteligência verbal-lingüística. Nas sétima e oitava aulas os alunos encenaram textos escritos com base no conteúdo do paradidático, na nona foi aplicado um pós-teste e na décima o professor fez uma entrevista com dez alunos. A análise do pré-teste e pósteste constatou que houve mudança conceitual da visão aristotélica de movimento para a galileana com respostas satisfatórias acima dos 79% dos itens propostos. Dessa forma, concluímos que esse livro paradidático complementou o didático com relação à contextualização histórico-cultural do conceito de movimento dos corpos.
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The Message of the Jerusalem Council in the Acts of the Apostles: A Linguistic Stylistic Analysis

Dawson, Zachary K 11 1900 (has links)
This study investigates how the book of Acts addresses certain local problems in Luke's community through a linguistic stylistic analysis that utilizes models of verbal art and intertextuality within a systemic-functional linguistic framework. This methodology is suited to demonstrate how Luke symbolically articulates a message to his audience through his stylistic patternings of language of the Jerusalem Council in Acts 15 and the texts with which it shares thematic content. The scheme of the study begins with the analysis of the Cornelius episode in Acts 10:1-11:18, continues with the Jerusalem Council in Acts 15:1- 29, and concludes with Paul's return to Jerusalem where he stands accused of forsaking the Law of Moses in Acts 21:17-26. Each of these episodes, sharing patterns of repetition, plays a role in the symbolic articulation of a message in the book of Acts. First, the Cornelius story establishes the legitimacy of table fellowship among Jewish and Gentile believers against opposing Jewish value positions regarding moral purity. Next, the Jerusalem Council in Acts 15 recapitulates the Cornelius episode but then further develops value orientations concerning social relations among Jewish and Gentile believers in the church, principally by means of the Apostolic Decree. Then, the repetition of the Apostolic Decree in Acts 21 clarifies its meaning according to different situational variables. The thesis of this study is that these patterns reveal contextual elements of a particular conflict the early church faced over the communal integration of Jewish and Gentile believers - namely, that Jews were susceptible to splitting off from multi-ethnic churches due to the pressures of a Jewish separationist ideology. The book of Acts subverts this ideology by means of the foregrounded patternings identified in this study. These patternings, which serve to identify foregrounded thematic formations, orient the reader to the proper heterglossic backdrop and reveal that Luke engages a particular Noahic tradition associated with the discursive practice of rewriting sacred scripture in Second Temple Jewish literature, not to align with its value orientations but to subvert it and thereby convince Jewish believers not to withdraw from the community of God.

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