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Introducing Language, Literacy and Literature for Educators

Undergraduate | CUR-EDC121C | 2020

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Develop confidence in your academic and professional literacy. To teach language, you’ll need to understand the role and value of language in communities. You’ll also need solid personal literacy skills—essential for academic writing and referencing.

Study method
100% online
Assessments
100% online
Entry requirements
Part of a degree
Duration
13 weeks

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Introducing Language, Literacy and Literature for Educators

About this subject

  • At the completion of this subject students will be able to:

    1. develop personal literacy skills for professional contexts and demonstrate knowledge of the theories underpinning the pedagogies of literacy
    2. evaluate personal development and confidence about language and literacy in light of personal reflections
    3. create a multimodal text and demonstrate understanding of how meaning is constructed by means of the interplay of two or more semiotic systems
    4. evaluate the functions of language in diverse contexts, as central to living and learning.

Entry requirements

To enrol in this subject, you must be admitted into a degree.

Prior study

You must either have successfully completed the following subject(s) before starting this subject, or enrol in the following subject(s) to study at the same time or prior to this subject:

Equivalent subjects

You should not enrol in this subject if you have successfully completed any of the following subject(s) because they are considered academically equivalent:

  • CUR-EDC131-Language and Literacy for Teachers (no longer available)

Additional requirements

No additional requirements

Study load

0.125 EFTSL
This is in the range of 10 to 12 hours of study each week.

Equivalent full time study load (EFTSL) is one way to calculate your study load. One (1.0) EFTSL is equivalent to a full-time study load for one year.

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