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Introducing Language, Literacy and Literature for Educators
Undergraduate | CUR-EDC121C | 2020
Course information for 2020 intake
View information for 2021 course intakeDevelop 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
HECS-HELP and FEE-HELP available
Introducing Language, Literacy and Literature for Educators
About this subject
At the completion of this subject students will be able to:
- develop personal literacy skills for professional contexts and demonstrate knowledge of the theories underpinning the pedagogies of literacy
- evaluate personal development and confidence about language and literacy in light of personal reflections
- create a multimodal text and demonstrate understanding of how meaning is constructed by means of the interplay of two or more semiotic systems
- evaluate the functions of language in diverse contexts, as central to living and learning.
- English: the world in a language
- Language and literature: Making Meanings in Social Contexts: Culture and Power
- Talking together – collaboration and peergroup ‘interthinking’
- Literacy and Multiliteracies
- Multimodality: Diverse ways of meaning; Exploring multimodal texts
- Early writing
- Multiliteracies
- Developing writing
- Grammar and writing
- Spelling, word detectives and writing
- Writing: The critical friend, editing, polishing and shaping
- • A Community of Voices – sharing and reflecting on our work as writers and as teachers of writing
This subject was previously known as EDC131 Language and Literacy for Teacher.
This subject provides an introduction to language, literacy and literature in the primary school, including the centrality of these strands of English to living and learning. Effective teaching of language, literacy and literature rests upon theoretical understanding and practical appreciation of the functions of language and literacy in sociocultural contexts. The modes, textual varieties, purposes and functions of English are emphasised as students develop confidence in their own professional literacy, especially in relation to writing and multimodal forms.
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- Essay (30%)
- Presentation (30%)
- Exercise (40%)
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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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