Undergraduate LTU-EDU2LLC-2023
Language, Literacies and Communication
$515 $0
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Duration
6 weeks
Study method
100% Online
Available loans
- HECS-HELP
- FEE-HELP
Assessments
100% online
Prior study
Not required
Start dates
- 18 Sep 2023
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Subject details
- Develop an applied understanding of children's language acquisition, communication and expression leading to the development of literacy.
- Investigate the backgrounds of children from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds for the development of spoken English and written literacies.
- Plan, document and assess language and literacy promoting experiences based on children's interests.
- Employ teaching and appropriate scaffolding skills that assist the development of children's oral language, thinking and emergent literacy.
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- • What are Literacies? Oral Language, Literacy practices, Four Resources Model, Using Multi Modal Texts
- • Literacy Rich Environments, Emergent reading and writing, Children’s Literature.
- • Story Telling & Critical Literacy
- • Supporting, Literacy and Communication
Others
Prerequisites: Students must be admitted in the following course: EBECEO.
Additional requirements
No additional requirements
Students will explore language and multiple literacies in Early Education; strategies for teaching and learning of reading, writing, speaking, listening and viewing in the early years and for supporting culturally and linguistically diverse families and ESL children; inclusive practices and diverse abilities in language and multi-literacies; documenting children's learning of language and investigating how children communicate their ideas.
- Part A: Literacy development diagnostics task (200 words) (10%). This assessment task will be undertaken within the first 2 weeks of the term. Part B: Literacy development (1800 words) (40%) (50%)
- Literacy Learning Centre (2,000 words) (50%)
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