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ED1421:03

Language and Literacies in Education

Townsville, Cairns, External

HECS Band 1

26 hours lectures, 12 hours tutorials. Semester 1 (Cairns campus); Semester 2 (Townsville campus). External delivery in Semester 2 for RATEP students only.

Staff:

Dr L Dalley (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.

On-campus assessment by two assignments (50%); examination (50%).