Foundations of Primary English
PostgraduateTAS-EMT5112025
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- Study method
- 100% online
- Assessments
- 100% online
- Entry requirements
- Part of a degree
- Duration
- 14 weeks
- Start dates
- 24 Feb 2025
- Loan available
- HECS-HELP and FEE-HELP available
Foundations of Primary English
About this subject
Upon successful completion of this subject, the student should be able to:
- Apply theoretical knowledge about the English discipline.
- Analyse and describe written texts.
- Design a portfolio of lessons / experiences for the teaching of reading, in response to specific outcomes and diverse student needs.
- Demonstrate academic and information literacy skills using scholarly literature, APA referencing, punctuation, spelling, and grammar.
- Module 1: Introduction to Language and Literacy
- Key Elements in Literacy Development: Oral Language
- Key Elements in Literacy Development: Reading
- Key Elements in Literacy Development: Writing
- Reflection Module 1
- Module 2: Teaching Reading: The Early Years
- The Primary Years
- Strategies and Approaches
- Unit Reflection
Foundations of English is designed to provoke your curiosity about how language works, ignite your passion for English, and introduce you to the discipline of English as it is articulated in the three strands of the Australian Curriculum English: Language, Literacy, and Literature. This subject explores the ways in which children learn to speak, read, write and communicate in a range of contexts. It has a particular focus on contemporary approaches to the teaching of reading, including close attention to the teaching of phonemic awareness, phonics, word knowledge, and comprehension of a wide range of texts. You will be involved in analysing children's language use (oral language, reading fluency, writing), and in using specific outcomes from the curriculum to plan explicit teaching experiences for language and literacy learning.
- Lesson Plan: Reading (Early Primary) (40%)
- Lesson Plan: Reading (Middle and Upper Primary) (40%)
- Quiz (20%)
- Literacy Competency Test (0%)
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Entry requirements
Part of a degree
To enrol in this subject you must be accepted into one of the following degrees:
Core
- TAS-EDC-MAS-2025 - Master of Teaching (Primary)
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:
Additional requirements
- Other requirements - Teaching Arrangement: You are expected to dedicate around ten hours per week to this subject. This may be divided as follows: Weekly Lecture (1 hour); Weekly Readings (2 hours); Weekly Tutorial (2 hours); Weekly Discussion Boards (1 hour); Assessment (5 hours). Your progress in this subject depends on your engagement with weekly online tutorials and discussion boards.
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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Related degrees
Once you’ve completed this subject it can be credited towards one of the following courses
PostgraduateTAS-EDC-MAS