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Historian esseevastauksen funktionaalinen rakenne (2017)

Paldanius, H. (2017). Historian esseevastauksen funktionaalinen rakenne. In S. Latomaa, E. Luukka, & N. Lilja (Eds.), Kielitietoisuus eriarvoistuvassa yhteiskunnassa - Language awareness in an increasingly unequal society. AFinLAn vuosikirja 2017 (pp. 219-238). Suomen soveltavan kielitieteen yhdistys AFinLA. AFinLAn vuosikirja, 2017. https://journal.fi/afinlavk/article/view/60725

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Publication details

All authors or editors: Paldanius, Hilkka

Parent publication: Kielitietoisuus eriarvoistuvassa yhteiskunnassa - Language awareness in an increasingly unequal society. AFinLAn vuosikirja 2017

Parent publication editors: Latomaa, Sirkku; Luukka, Emilia; Lilja, Niina

ISBN: 978-951-9388-65-6

Journal or series: AFinLAn vuosikirja

ISSN: 2343-2608

eISSN: 2343-2608

Publication year: 2017

Number in series: 2017

Pages range: 219-238

Number of pages in the book: 339

Publisher: Suomen soveltavan kielitieteen yhdistys AFinLA

Publication country: Finland

Publication language: Finnish

Persistent website address: https://journal.fi/afinlavk/article/view/60725

Publication open access: Openly available

Publication channel open access: Open Access channel

Publication is parallel published (JYX): https://jyx.jyu.fi/handle/123456789/75069

Additional information: Suomen soveltavan kielitieteen yhdistyksen (AFinLA) julkaisuja ; 75, ISSN 0781-0318

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to describe the genre of an expository history essay. The data consist of 52 document-based essays that were written as a part of a history exam at a Finnish general upper secondary school. In this article, I analyse the functional structure of these essays using genre-theoretical move-analysis in a framework of genre theories and disciplinary literacies. Three different moves and six steps were found. The communicative functions of these structural elements were to contextualize the historical content of the essays, to analyse historical
documents, and to use the analysis for supporting the chosen argument. The essays exhibit features of an expository text but also those of argumentative genres. The findings suggest that literacy teaching in different subject areas could be improved by explicitly teaching linguistic features and the communicative functions that realize these genres.

Keywords: general upper secondary school; curriculum subjects; history; essays; genre research; literary skills

Free keywords: literacies; history subjet; genre analysis

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Ministry reporting: Yes

VIRTA submission year: 2017

JUFO rating: 1