ED3421 - Language and Literacy in Secondary Classrooms

Credit points:	03
Year:	2006
Student Contribution Band:	National Priority Band
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Available to students enrolled in Graduate Bachelor of Education (Secondary).

This subject provides an introduction to analysing, developing and teaching language and literacy practices in secondary classrooms. It focuses on different approaches to text analysis and on issues surrounding linguistic diversity in Australian classrooms. It provides a basis for graduate education students to engage with a range of topics including adolescent language and literacy development; teaching English as a second language to Indigenous students and to students whose first language or dialect is not standard Australian English; different approaches to teaching critical literacy practices; understanding and managing workplace literacy practices.

Learning Outcomes

• develop knowledge and understanding in the field of language and literacy education;
• explore different approaches to developing a range of linguistic competencies;
• investigate and analyse classroom literacy practices.

Prerequisites:	Undergraduate degree
Inadmissible Subject Combinations:	ED5874

Availabilities
, , Study Period 3
Census Date 27-Jan-2006
Face to face teaching 06-Feb-2006 to 10-Feb-2006
Coord/Lect:	Assoc. Professor Leanne Dalley.
Contact hours:	26 hours 13 hours
Assessment:	(40%); (60%).

Note: Minor variations might occur due to the continuous Subject quality improvement process, and in case of minor variation(s) in assessment details, the Subject Outline represents the latest official information.