ED1421:03
Language and Literacies in Education
Townsville, Cairns
Inadmissable Subject Combination: LD1020
26 lectures, 13 tutorials. First semester.
Available to undergraduate students.
Staff: Dr M Allan (Townsville campus); Mr E Wilson (Cairns campus).
An introduction to the theory and practice of language in education. The subject introduces concepts for discussing and analysing language and discourse, with a central emphasis on how both spoken and written texts work in social contexts. Topics include language and culture, the development of language and literacy; second language learning and classroom talk. There is also a focus on academic writing and critical approaches to media texts.
Learning Objectives:
- define key concepts related to language and literacies, language development and use and language functions;
- apply strategies for reading, writing and analysing academic texts;
- analyse and comment on short transcripts of classroom talk;
- analyse and comment on written texts;
- describe current approaches in the fields of language, literacy and second language learning.
Assessment by two assignments (50%); examination (50%).
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