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Anne McCabe, Ph.D.


Department of English

Education

Ph.D. Language Studies. Aston University, Birmingham, U.K.
M.Sc. Teaching English. Aston University, Birmingham, U.K.
B.A. Spanish. Clarke University

Practice Areas

  • Systemic Functional Linguistics
  • Contrastive Rhetoric
  • Text Linguistics/Analysis
  • Teaching Writing
  • English for Academic Purposes
  • Teacher Development

Publications and Media Placements

Plenary address

"Insights from Systemic Functional Linguistics on L2 Teaching/Learning in English and Spanish". Plenary address, XIX Conference of the Latin American Association of Systemic Functional Linguistics, hosted by the Escuela Nacional de Lenguas, Lingüística y Traducción, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Mexico (UNAM), July 31-Aug. 2, 2024. 

Books

McCabe, A. (2021) A Functional Linguistic Perspective on Developing Language. London: Routledge.

Liu, X. & McCabe, A. (2017) Attitudinal Evaluation in Chinese University Students' English Writing - A Contrastive Perspective. Springer.

McCabe, A. (2017) An Introduction to Linguistics and Language Studies: Second Edition. London, Equinox.

McCabe, A., O'Donnell, M. & Whittaker, R. (Eds) (2007) Advances in Language and Education. London: Continuum.

Whittaker, R., O'Donnell, M. & McCabe, A. (Eds) (2006) Language & Literacy: Functional Approaches. London: Continuum.

Book Chapters

McCabe, A. (2024). Persuasion by any means? That depends. Rhetorical insights into public oratory by Donna Rose Miller. In A. Luporini, M. Manfredi, M. Turci, J.H. Johnson, S. Fusari, & C. Bevitori (Eds.) A life in style: In honor of Donna R. Miller (pp. 101-112). Tab Edizioni. https://www.tabedizioni.it/web/content/332181 

Fontaine, L., & McCabe, A. (2023) Systemic Functional Linguistics. In Wei, L., Hua, Z., & Simpson, J. (Eds.) The Routledge Handbook of Applied Linguistics (pp. 332-355). London: Routledge.

Whittaker, R. & McCabe A. (2020) Writing on history in a Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) context: Development of grammatical metaphor as evidence of language learning. In Machón, R.M. (Ed.) Writing and Language Learning: Advancing Research Agendas (pp. 309-332). Amsterdam: John Benjamins.

McCabe, A. & Alonso Belmonte, I. (2019) Challenging the concept of pure objectivity in British and Spanish hard news reports: The case of the 2006 Lebanon War. In Sancho Guinda, C. (Ed.) Engagement in Professional Genres (pp. 67-85). Amsterdam: John Benjamins.

McCabe, A. (2017) SFL and language teaching. In Bartlett, T. & O'Grady, G. (Eds.) The Routledge Handbook of Systemic Functional Linguistics, pp. 591-604. London and New York: Routledge.

McCabe, A. & Whittaker, R. (2017) Genre and appraisal in CLIL history texts: developing the voice of the historian. In Llinares, A. & Morton, T. Applied Linguistics Perspectives on CLIL, pp. 105-24. Amsterdam: John Benjamins.

Morton, T. & McCabe, A. (2016) Journey of three digitized texts: Entextualization and recontextualization in a corpus study. In Gardner, S. & Alsop, Sian (Eds.) Systemic Functional Linguistics in the Digital Age, pp. 296-309. London: Equinox.

McCabe, A. & Morton, T. (2016) Longitudinal study of two CLIL classrooms in Spain: Results from written and spoken data. In Papaja, K. and Swiatek, A. (eds.) Modernizing Educational Practice Perspectives in Content and Language Integrated Learning, pp. 149-69. Cambridge Scholar Publishing.

Alonso Belmonte, I., Chornet Roses, D. & McCabe, A. (2013) Benefit or burden? Press representation of immigrant workers during the Spanish economic recession. De Rycker, T. (ed.) Discourse and Crisis: Critical Perspectives (pp. 363-393). Amsterdam: John Benjamins.

Alonso Belmonte, I., Chornet-Roses, D., & McCabe, A. (2013) Ideological stances in internet users' discursive construction of immigration, race and racism: An online newspaper case study. In Martinez Lirola, M. (Ed.), Discourses On Immigration In Times Of Economic Crisis: A Critical Perspective (pp. 59-85). Cambridge Scholar Publishing.

McCabe, A. (2009) Teaching writing outside the U.S.: A different composition. In Kolapo, F. (ed) Immigrant Academics and Cultural Challenges in a Global Environment (pp. 151-185). Youngstown, NY: Cambria Press.

Journal Articles

Llinares, A. & McCabe, A. (2023) Systemic functional linguistics: the perfect match for content and language integrated learning. International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 26(3), 245–250. https://doi.org/10.1080/13670050.2019.1635985

Whittaker, R. & McCabe, A.  (2023) Expressing evaluation across disciplines in primary and secondary CLIL writing: a longitudinal study. International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 26(3), 345–362. https://doi.org/10.1080/13670050.2020.1798869

McCabe, A. (2017) Knowledge and interaction in on-line discussions in Spanish by advanced language learners. Computer Assisted Language Learning, 30(5): 409-431.

McCabe, A., Gledhill, C. and Liu, X. (Special Issue Guest Editors) (2015) TESOL International Journal: Special Issue on Systemic Functional Linguistics and English Language Teaching, 10(1).

McCabe, A., Gledhill, C. and Liu, X. (2015) Systemic Functional Linguistics and English Language Teaching. TESOL International Journal, 10(1): 1-10.

Whittaker, R., Llinares, A. & McCabe, A. (2011) Written discourse development in CLIL at secondary school. Language Teaching Research: Special Issue: Content-based Language Teaching (Roy Lyster & Susan Ballinger, eds), 15(3), 343-362.

Alonso Belmonte, I., McCabe, A. & Chornet-Roses, D. (2010) In their own words: The construction of the image of the immigrant in Peninsular Spanish broadsheets and freesheets. Discourse & Communication, 4(3): 227-242.

Research Project

Research member: 2023-25 DisLitAs-CLIL 'Students development of L2 disciplinary literacies and content and language integrated assessment in bilingual secondary schools across socio-economic areas'/'Desarrollo del lenguaje de las disciplinas en la L2 y evaluación integrada de lengua y contenido en centros bilingües de secundaria de diferentes áreas socioeconómicas'. Project financed by the Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (PID2022-140718OB-I00). PI: Dr. Ana Llinares Garcia, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid. 

Honors and Awards

Teaching Award
Recipient of the 2018 Nancy McNeir Ring Award for Excellence in Teaching