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Teaching Language and Literacy in Junior Primary
Undergraduate | CUR-EDC231 | 2018
Course information for 2018 intake
Learn the skills, conventions and processes for teaching English to children. You’ll explore current theories in English teaching, learn the key elements for early reading and writing, and see the importance of Children’s Literature.
- Study method
- 100% online
- Assessments
- 100% online
- Entry requirements
- Part of a degree
- Duration
- -
HECS-HELP and FEE-HELP available
Teaching Language and Literacy in Junior Primary
About this subject
At the completion of this subject students will be able to:
- develop a knowledge base of skills, conventions and processes of language, literature and literacies
- critique and contest current theories and issues in English teaching
- analyse effective teaching of skills, processes and strategies in language, literature and literacies
- evaluate skills, processes and strategies for becoming an effecive teacher of language literature and literacies
- demonstrate knowledge and application of professional literacies.
- Introduction to Developing Early Literacy - Review first Literacy Unit: Literacy for Teachers
- The foundations of literacy learning and some key teaching strategies for developing early literacy
- The key elements of early reading - phonological awareness
- The key elements of early reading - phonics
- Comprehension, Vocabulary and Fluency
- The key elements of early writing - developing ideas
- The key elements of early writing - text types and language features
- How to teach grammar as part of writing
- The importance of Children's Literature and digital literacies
- Teaching English Language Learners
- The Literacy Classroom
- Planning and managing literacy learning
This subject emphasises comprehensive knowledge and application of the skills, conventions, processes and strategies for teaching English in Primary School (Australian Professional Standards for Teachers, Standard 2, know the content and how to teach it). Students develop personal and professional literacies, an English teaching philosophy and extensive instructional and pedagogical strategies for promoting children's literacy during the primary school years.
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- Exercises (50%)
- Essay (50%)
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Entry requirements
To enrol in this subject, you must be admitted into a degree.
Prior study
You must have successfully completed the following subject(s) before starting this subject:
one of
CUR-EDC131-Language and Literacy for Teachers (no longer available)
CUR-EDS101-Literacy and Numeracy Across the Curriculum (no longer available)
Others
You don't have to enrol in this subject if you have completed EDP230 Literacy Education 2 as they are considered equivalents.
Additional requirements
- Other requirements -
- Additional materials
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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