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 483-245 Learning Area TP2: Language and Literacy 2

Note

Not offered until 1999

Credit Points

6.25

Coordinator

Julie Hamston

Prerequisites

483-145 Learning Area TP: Language and Literacy 1, or equivalent.

Semester

1

Contact

A total of 18 hours

Subject Description

A study of the social nature of language and the implications of this for the primary classroom. Topics include: the theoretical connections between language, culture, ideology and the individual; the significance of language in creating and maintaining social difference, and the development of culturally-inclusive language practices; the theory of second language acquisition and its application in ESL learning and teaching.

Assessment

Assignments totalling 2000 words, or equivalent.

Prescribed Texts
  • Department of School Education Victoria, Curriculum Standards Framework: English. 1995.
  • Derwewianka B (ed), Language Assessment in Primary Classrooms. Harcourt Brace Javanovich Sydney 1992.
  • Unsworth L (ed, Literacy Learning and Teaching: Language as Social Practice in the Primary School. Macmillan 1993.
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