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

Students will study 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; and the theory of second language acquisition and its application in ESL learning and teaching.

Assessment

Assignments totalling 2000 words, or equivalent.

Prescribed Texts

• Board of Studies, Curriculum Standards Framework II: English. 2000.
• B Derwewianka (ed), Language Assessment in Primary Classrooms. Harcourt Brace Javanovich, 1992.
• L Unsworth (ed), Literacy Learning and Teaching: Language as Social Practice in the Primary School. Macmillan, 1993.