Postgraduate TAS-EMT511-2023
Foundations of Primary English
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Duration
14 weeks
Study method
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Assessments
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Prior study
Required
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Subject details
Upon successful completion of this subject, students should be able to:
- Apply theoretical knowledge of the English discipline to teaching and assessment
- Analyse a range of texts for their pedagogical purposes.
- Reflect on and create learning experiences for teaching reading.
- Demonstrate academic and information literacy skills through the use of scholarly literature, APA referencing, punctuation, spelling, and grammar.
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- Refer to Mylo for study topics
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
No additional requirements
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 childrens 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.
- Assignment (50%)
- Assignment (40%)
- Test or quiz (10%)
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