483-122 Language and Literacy in the Classroom

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Subject Description

This subject will introduce students to the nature and development of language and literacy by examining the social nature of literacy, the application of language and literacy teaching to all subject areas of the curriculum, issues related to texts (written, spoken, and visual) including their social construction and the ways in which readers make meaning from them, the nature and scope of text types in classrooms, and the social and personal implications of the development and attainment of literacy proficiency.

Assessment

Assignments totalling 2000 words, or equivalent.

Prescribed Texts

• Christie F (ed), Literacy for a Changing World. ACER, Melbourne 1990.
• Derewianka B, Exploring How Texts Work. Primary English Teaching Association, Sydney 1990.
• Gilbert P, Gender Literacy and the Classroom. Australian Reading Association, Adelaide 1989.
• Heath S B, Ways with Worlds: Language, Life and Work in Communities and Classrooms. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 1983.
• Meek M, How Texts Teach What Readers Learn. Thimble Press Stroud, Gloucertershire 1988.
• Smith F, Understanding Reading (2nd ed). Holt Reinhart & Winston, New York 1978.
• Unsworth L (ed), Literacy Learning and Teaching: Language as Social Practice in the Primary School. Macmillan Education Australia, Melbourne 1993.
• Wickert R, No Single Measure. Sydney Faculty of Advanced Education, Sydney 1990.