483-302 Learning Area(EC): Language & Literacy 3

483-202 Learning Area (EC): Language & Literacy 2

This subject will focus on curriculum design and development to support continuing movement towards independence in the use of oral language and the development of literacy practices. Topics will include the continuing role of oral language in learning; the particular demands of teaching and learning English in the primary school; a diverse range of text types that children will encounter in the prior-to-school and school years, including children's literature, visual texts, hypertexts, spoken texts; the particular needs of diverse groups in the understanding of school-based literacies, including second-language learners. This subject will include an exploration of national and state curriculum policy and programs, including CSF11 - English, The ESL Companion to the English CSF, The Early Year Program, Reading Recovery, and The Middle Years Literacy Program.

Assignments totalling 4000 words

• M Anstey and G Bull, The Literacy Labyrinth. Sydney Prentice Hall, 1996.
• Board of Studies, Curriculum Standards Framework II: English. Victoria, 2000.
• Board of Studies, ESL Companion to the Curriculum and Standards framework II. Victoria, 2000.
• M Clay, By Different Paths to Common Outcomes. Maine, Stenhouse, 1998.