Ceneral deitor's preface Introduction 1 Dividing the world of discourse 1.0 Introduction 1.1 Speech and Writing 1.2 Frameworkd for classifying spoken and written modes 1.3 Applying and refining frameworks 1.4 Monologue and dialogue 1.5 Text typologies 1.6 Genres 1.7 Conclusion Reader activities Notes on activities Further reading Note 2 Observing and exploiting patterns 2.0 Introduction 2.1 Common core patterns of clause relations 2.2 Teaching suggestions 2.3 Embedded patterns 2.4 Openings and closings 2.5 The developing discourse 2.6 Thematic development 2.7 Conclusion Reader activities Notes on activities Further reading 3 Linking the levels:grammar,leis and discourse 3.0 Introduction 3.1 Grammar and discourse management 3.2 Tense ,aspect and voice 3.3 Modality 3.4 Patterns of vocabulary 3.5 Naturalness Reader activities Notes on activities Further reading 4 Literature,culture and language as discourse 4.0 Introduction 4.1 Conversational analysis:ptagmatics and style 4.2 Analysing narratives 4.3 Repetition and rhetoric 4.4 Situations across cultures 4.5 Text and ideology 4.6 Teaching literature with a small i 4.7 Discoures and cultural awareness 4.8 Teaching texts:curricular principles 4.9 Learning abour language:some questions for discourse analysis Further reading 5 Designing the discourse syllabus 5.0 Introducgtion 5.1 The notion of discourse competence 5.2 Analysis and classification 5.3 Analysis as the precursor of tasks 5.4 Putting analysis into the learner context 5.5 Analysis and materials evaluation 5.6 Reflning and realizing the syllabus Reader activities Notes on activities Further reading Bibliography Index