ED1421 - Language and Literacies in Education

Credit points:	03
Year:	2009
Student Contribution Band:	Band 4
Administered by:	School of Education

Semester 1 External offering available only to ECE online students. Semester 2 Limited offering available only to RATEP students only.

An introduction to the theory and practice of language and literacies 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. This subject examines theories and practices pertaining to language acquisition, literacy teaching and learning, and oracy. It also provides 'real life' examples as a means of contextualising the theories and making these theories relevant to the world of teacher/teaching practice. The content presented in this subject bears relevance to early childhood, primary, middle and secondary schooling contexts, and to all subject areas - adopting and promoting a cross-curricula approach.

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 28-Aug-2009
Coord/Lect:	Dr Leanne Dalley-Trim.
Contact hours:	26 hours lectures - 2 hours/week 12 hours tutorials - Commence Week 2; 1 hour/week
Assessment:	end of semester exam (40%); presentations (15%); in class assessment (30%); paper (15%).
Townsville, Limited, Study Period 2
Census Date 28-Aug-2009
Face to face teaching (Limited Attendance is via teletutorial participation as per schedule to be advised)
Coordinator:	Dr Leanne Dalley-Trim
Contact hours:	13 hours tutorials
Assessment:	end of semester exam (45%); tutorial attendance and participation (10%); essays (30%); assignments (15%).
Cairns, Internal, Study Period 1
Census Date 27-Mar-2009
Coord/Lect:	Mr Eric Wilson.
Contact hours:	26 hours lectures - 2 hours/week 12 hours tutorials - Commence Week 2; 1 hour/week
Assessment:	end of semester exam (40%); presentations (15%); in class assessment (30%); paper (15%).
External, Study Period 1
Census Date 27-Mar-2009
Coord/Lect:	Mr Eric Wilson.
Method of Delivery:	WWW - LearnJCU
Assessment:	assignments (50%); non-invigilated assessment to be advised by subject coordinator (50%).

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.