483-122 Language in Education (Secondary)

Students enrolled in the Bachelor of Teaching (Primary) strand enrol in 483-155 Language in Education (Primary).

This subject will introduce students to the nature and development of language and literacy by examining the social nature of literacy, the application of language and literacy teaching to all subject areas of the curriculum, issues related to texts (written, spoken, and visual) including their social construction and the ways in which readers make meaning from them, the nature and scope of text types in classrooms, and the social and personal implications of the development and attainment of literacy proficiency.

Assignments totalling 2000 words.

• The CD-ROM, Building Understandings in Language and Teaching. BUILT (3rd Edition).