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EDUP2002: English: Learning to be Literate
2023 unit information
In this unit you will develop understandings about the teaching of reading, writing, listening and speaking to students in the early years of schooling, as well as a focus on visual and written grammar, and associated classroom pedagogy. A balanced approach to the development of literacy and the teaching of English will be exemplified by a focus on the use of quality children's literature relevant to this stage of learning.
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| Study level | Undergraduate |
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| Academic unit | Education |
| Credit points | 4 |
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Prerequisites:
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42 credit points including EDUP1001 and EDUP1002 and EDUP1003 and (EDUP1004 or EDUP1005) |
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Corequisites:
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None |
| Prohibitions:
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None |
| Assumed knowledge:
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None |
At the completion of this unit, you should be able to:
- LO1. discuss the social construction of literacy in the early years of schooling (1.2, 2.1, 2.5)
- LO2. understand the role of oral language for literacy development (1.1, 2.5)
- LO3. consider the theoretical underpinnings of different approaches to teaching reading and literacy (2.1)
- LO4. develop and plan effective literacy teaching and reading practices (such as teaching phonics, phonemic awareness, guided reading and writing, spelling and poetry) for the early years of schooling (2.1, 2.2, 2.5, 3.1, 3.2, 3.4)
- LO5. use appropriate pedagogical approaches to analyse resources, plan and teach a range of literacy activities using quality literature (2.5, 3.3)
- LO6. develop concepts and metalanguage for interpreting and analysing the structure and grammar of written, visual and multimodal texts (2.1, 2.2, 2.5, 3.1, 3.2, 3.4)
- LO7. demonstrate a range of skills for planning appropriate literacy learning with children learning to read and write in the early years (2.1, 2.2, 2.5, 3.1, 3.2, 3.4)
- LO8. effectively use a variety of reading and writing assessment strategies (2.5,5.1)
- LO9. demonstrate knowledge of how audience, purpose, grammatical and visual features of literary texts work together to create meaning, and develop this knowledge into appropriate classroom learning for K-3 learners (2.1, 2.2 and 2.5)
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