ED1421 - Language and Literacies in Education
| Credit points: | 03 |
| Year: | 2007 |
| Student Contribution Band: | National Priority Band |
| Administered by: | School of Education |
Semester 1 External offering available only to ECE online students. Semester 2 External offering available only to RATEP and Thursday Island students.
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 Outcomes
- analyse and comment on short transcripts of classroom talk;
- analyse and comment on written texts;
- apply strategies for reading, writing and analysing academic texts;
- define key concepts related to language and literacies, language development and use and language functions;
- describe current approaches in the fields of language, literacy and second language learning.
Availabilities | |
| Townsville, Internal, Study Period 2 | |
| Census Date 31-Aug-2007 | |
| Coord/Lect: | Dr Leanne Dalley-Trim. |
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| Assessment: | end of semester exam (50%); assignments (50%). |
| External, Study Period 2 | |
| Census Date 31-Aug-2007 | |
| Coordinator: | jc144349 |
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| Method of Delivery: | Printed materials |
| Assessment: | end of semester exam (45%); tutorial attendance and participation (10%); essays (30%); assignments (15%). |
| Cairns, Internal, Study Period 1 | |
| Census Date 30-Mar-2007 | |
| Coord/Lect: | Mr Eric Wilson. |
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| Assessment: | end of semester exam (50%); assignments (50%). |
| External, Study Period 1 | |
| Census Date 30-Mar-2007 | |
| Coord/Lect: | Mr Eric Wilson. |
| Method of Delivery: | WWW - LearnJCU |
| Assessment: | (50%); assignments (50%). |
| Thursday Isl, Internal, Study Period 2 | |
| Census Date 31-Aug-2007 | |
| Coord/Lect: | jc152866. |
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| Assessment: | end of semester exam (50%); assignments (50%). |
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