Functional Analysis Response
The article “Supporting Secondary Reading Through Functional Language Analysis” brought to light the many challenges that high school students face when presented with academic materials. It also mentioned that each discipline or subject uses different language structures in order to present the knowledge. The importance of the teacher was stated within the article and that “a teacher’s close reading of even small portions of text with students, helped to maintain their engagement” (Fang & Schleppegrell, 2010, p. 588). It goes on to talk about functional language analysis, which helps students to recognize language patterns within each discipline. (p. 591)
In my own experience there were times during high school where I struggled during certain classes to fully understand the text. The teachers were unable to properly explain the material to me or the other students or simply were unaware that it was necessary to explain it in more detail. I too believe that it would be a difficult concept to introduce simply because I have never thought about it before; however, I definitely think that it has value.