483-245 Learning Area Primary English 2

Credit Points

HECS Band

Coordinator

Prerequisites

483-145 Learning Area Primary English 1 or equivalent.

Semester

Contact

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. Sydney: Harcourt Brace Javanovich 1992.
• Unsworth L (ed), Literacy Learning and Teaching: Language as Social Practice in the Primary School. Macmillan 1993.