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175-012 First and Second Language Literacies | |
Note | Formerly available as 175-203/303. Students who have completed 175-203/303 are not eligible to enrol in this subject. |
Availability | 2nd and 3rd year |
Credit Points | 12.5 |
Coordinator | Dr Alastair Pennycook |
Prerequisites | Completion of 175-105 (175-004) Introduction to Language, or 175-106 (175-005) English: Its Structure and History, or departmental approval. |
Semester | 2 (view timetable) |
Contact | Two 1-hour lectures and a tutorial per week. There will be no tutorials in the first or the middle week |
Subject Description | Introduction to the study of first and second language literacy, locating literacy within broader debates about what it means to be literate. Social, cultural and cognitive effects of becoming literate, on both individual and social levels; development of writing systems; literacy and oracy; changing forms of literacy such as cultural literacy and media literacy; the importance of looking at literacy in terms of 'literacy events' or 'literacy practices' in specific contexts. Issues of second language literacy; literacy in languages other than English, and in cross-cultural contexts; the nature of second language reading and writing processes; literacy and gender, literacy and politics, literacy in Aboriginal Australia, critical literacy, and current debates over literacy in Australian schools. |
Assessment | Two 1000-word assignments and a 2000-word essay. |
Prescribed Texts | Materials prepared by the department. |
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