edu1lll language, literat
LANGUAGE, LITERATURE AND LITERACY: BEGINNING SPEAKING AND WRITING
EDU1LLL
Not currently offered
Credit points: 15
Subject outline
This is a core subject in which students develop a firm grounding in language learning, children's literature and literacy. Students have the opportunity to develop foundational understandings of the theories, strategies and practices associated with learning and teaching English in a primary school setting. The subject is structured around the connections between oral language and beginning reading and writing with links to children's literature, ITC skills and the use of ongoing authentic assessment practices to inform teaching. Communicating in a blended learning environment utilising ICT skills are embedded within the subject and utilised in assessment tasks.
SchoolSchool of Education
Credit points15
Subject Co-ordinatorDebra Edwards
Available to Study Abroad StudentsNo
Subject year levelYear Level 1 - UG
Exchange StudentsYes
Subject particulars
Subject rules
Prerequisites Only available to students enrolled in course EBTP Bachelor of Teaching (Primary) or EBES Bachelor of Educational Studies
Co-requisitesN/A
Incompatible subjectsN/A
Equivalent subjectsN/A
Special conditionsN/A
Learning resources
Readings
Resource Type | Title | Resource Requirement | Author and Year | Publisher |
---|---|---|---|---|
Readings | Literacy, Helping Students Construct Meaning | Prescribed | Cooper, J.D, | BELMONT USA, CENGAGE LEARNING. ALSO AVAILABLE AS AN E BOOK |
Readings | A grammar companion for primary teachers. | Recommended | Derewianka, B. | NEWTON, NSW, PRIMARY ENGLISH TEACHING ASSOCIATION (PETA)(2004) |
Readings | Developing early literacy: assessment and teaching. | Recommended | Hill, S. | ELEANOR CURTAIN PUBLISHING (2006) |
Readings | Supporting struggling readers and writers:strategies for classroom intervention 3-6. | Recommended | Strickland, D., Ganske, K & Monroe, J | NEWARK, DE: INTERNATIONAL READING ASSOCIATION (2002) |
Readings | Talking classroom:shaping children's learning through oral language instruction. | Recommended | Smith, P (Ed) | NEWARK, USA, INTERNATIONAL READING ASSOCIATION (2001) |
Readings | Teaching synthetic phonics | Recommended | Johnson, R. & Watson, J. | EAST EXETER, LEARNING MATTER (2007) |
Readings | Tell me: children, reading & talk with the reading environment | Recommended | Chambers, A. (2011) | THE THIMBLE PRESS, STROUD, UK |
Readings | The reading workshop; creating space for readers | Recommended | Serafini, F.(2001) | PORTSMOUTH, USA, HEINEMANN |
Readings | Write ways: modelling writing forms | Recommended | Wing Jan, L. | MELBOURNE,OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS (2006) |
Readings | Writing links: handwriting for Victoria. | Recommended | Evely, Murray and Christine | PORT MELBOURNE: RIGBY HEINEMANN(1997)(YEARS 1 & 3) |
Graduate capabilities & intended learning outcomes
01. Evaluate and examine children's literature and the way it can be used to promote literacy and language learning in the primary classroom.
- Activities:
- One 1500-word blog on children's literature
- Related graduate capabilities and elements:
- Discipline -Specific Knowledge and Skills(Discipline-Specific Knowledge and Skills)
02. Collaborate as part of a team, to present the group's research findings.
- Activities:
- One 15-minute group presentation
- Related graduate capabilities and elements:
- Discipline -Specific Knowledge and Skills(Discipline-Specific Knowledge and Skills)
03. Produce individual written reports reflecting on the learning process.
- Activities:
- One 15-minute group presentation
- Related graduate capabilities and elements:
- Discipline -Specific Knowledge and Skills(Discipline-Specific Knowledge and Skills)
04. Critically examine the relationship between oral language and early writing.
- Activities:
- One 1500 word essay AND One 500-word analysis of two pieces of student writing and teaching plan to improve students' writing skills
- Related graduate capabilities and elements:
- Discipline -Specific Knowledge and Skills(Discipline-Specific Knowledge and Skills)
05. Develop a research-based essay that examines the theory around oral language and beginning reading and includes practical applications of this learning.
- Activities:
- One 1500 word essay AND One 500-word analysis of two pieces of student writing and teaching plan to improve students' writing skills
- Related graduate capabilities and elements:
- Discipline -Specific Knowledge and Skills(Discipline-Specific Knowledge and Skills)
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