It is necessary to take into account the academic literature on the topic and apply to real-life situations. ... Therefore, teachers need and should make clear that writing is guided by conventions specific to the text types and that although these conventions are never completely fixed, they do provide "certain dimensions of restraint". ... Even teachers of very young children can draw upon their knowledge of functional grammar in order to guide the children's thinking (Christie 1996) and explore the meaning of the text. ...

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