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Article In: SFL Appliability, Visibility and Accessibility
Edited by Claudia E. Stoian, Jorge Arús-Hita and Christian M.I.M. Matthiessen
[Language, Context and Text 7:2] 2025
► pp. 263–299

Teaching register through projects

Students’ perceptions and attitudes

ORCiD logo with link | Politehnica University of Timișoara, Romania
ORCiD logo with link | Politehnica University of Timișoara, Romania
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Abstract
The adherence to the discursive particularities imposed by the communicative and cultural situations of discourse is essential for conveying a message both intralingually and interlingually. As such, the concepts of genre and register are taught from a systemic functional perspective to the Translation and Interpreting and Communication and Public Relations students pursuing a bachelor’s degree at Politehnica University of Timișoara (Romania). The present study focuses on their opinions expressed through an online anonymised survey regarding a final project in which they analysed the register of a genre-relevant text. The survey findings revealed the students’ perceptions and attitudes towards learning about genre and register through project-based activities, highlighting that these supported their better understanding of the concepts and helped them develop essential professional soft skills.
Article outline
  • 1.Introduction
  • 2.Project-based teaching and learning
  • 3.Research design and methodology
  • 4.Analysis of research results
  • 5.Concluding remarks
  • References
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