Language and Literacy for Learning

Course aim

To build students' understanding of the roles of language and literacy for learning in diverse contexts, and thus to develop personal and professional and disciplinary literacies.

Course content

Social and cultural contexts of language and literacy practices; dialectic relationship between contact and language; the role of language and literacy in learning; language and identity; the role of social interactions in language learning and development strategies for assisting language learning and development; the nature of multimodal texts and semiotics; disciplinary, personal and professional literacies.

Textbook(s)

Harris, P 2009, Language learning in the baby and toddler years, 1st, David Barlow Publishing, Terrigal, NSW

Derewianka, B & Jones 2012, Teaching Language in Context, 1st, Oxford University Press, South Melbourne

Faigley, L 2012, The Little Penguin Handbook: Australasian Edition , 2nd Edition, Pearson, Australia.

Prerequisite(s)

Nil

Corequisite(s)

Nil

Teaching method

Component	Duration
INTERNAL, MAGILL
Workshop	2 hours x 13 weeks
Lecture (Online )	1 hour x 13 weeks
INTERNAL, MAWSON LAKES
Workshop	2 hours x 13 weeks
Lecture (Online)	1 hour x 13 weeks
EXTERNAL, MAGILL, ONLINE
External (Online workshops)	2 hours x 13 weeks
External (Online lectures)	1 hour x 13 weeks
EXTERNAL, MT GAMBIER, ONLINE
External (Online workshops)	2 hours x 13 weeks
External (Online lectures)	1 hour x 13 weeks
External (On-campus support)	N/A x as required
EXTERNAL, WHYALLA, ONLINE
External (Online workshops)	2 hours x 13 weeks
External (Online lectures)	1 hour x 13 weeks
External (On-campus support)	N/A x as required

Note: These components may or may not be scheduled in every study period. Please refer to the timetable for further details.

Assessment

Literature review, Presentation, Quiz

Fees

EFTSL*: 0.125
Commonwealth Supported program (Band 1A)
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* Equivalent Full Time Study Load. Please note: all EFTSL values are published and calculated at ten decimal places. Values are displayed to three decimal places for ease of interpretation.