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 465-104 CFS11 Language & Literacy

Credit Points

12.5

HECS Band

1

Coordinator

Trevor Hay

Semester

1 (view timetable)

Contact

Lectures and tutorials totalling 36 hours

Subject Description

This subject will introduce aspects of language and literacy crucial to an understanding of the education and enculturation of young children, emphasising interaction between children and the diverse sources of oral and written language. Topics will include: oracy and literacy; language and literacy policy in early childhood; bilingualism/biliteracy in early childhood; literacy and text types; language/literacy and the transmission of values through texts; language as a sign system; visual literacy; functions of language.

Assessment

Essays and assignments totalling 4000 words.

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