Language Literacy & Numeracy Development
Subject 472-220 (2008)
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| Credit Points: | 12.500 | ||||||||||||
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| Level: | Undergraduate | ||||||||||||
| Dates & Locations: | This subject has the following teaching availabilities in 2008: Semester 1, - Taught on campus.
Singapore. Timetable can be viewed here. For information about these dates, click here. | ||||||||||||
| Time Commitment: | Contact Hours: Fifteen hours of intensive contact supported by structured materials for private study Total Time Commitment: Not available | ||||||||||||
| Prerequisites: | None | ||||||||||||
| Corequisites: | None | ||||||||||||
| Recommended Background Knowledge: | None | ||||||||||||
| Non Allowed Subjects: | None | ||||||||||||
| Core Participation Requirements: |
For the purposes of considering request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Cwth 2005), and Student Support and Engagement Policy, academic requirements for this subject are articulated in the Subject Overview, Learning Outcomes, Assessment and Generic Skills sections of this entry. It is University policy to take all reasonable steps to minimise the impact of disability upon academic study, and reasonable adjustments will be made to enhance a student's participation in the University's programs. Students who feel their disability may impact on meeting the requirements of this subject are encouraged to discuss this matter with a Faculty Student Adviser and Student Equity and Disability Support: http://services.unimelb.edu.au/disability |
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Amelia Church| Subject Overview: | Child language, symbolic and literacy development and the role of language in early literacy and numeracy will be studied. The interactional processes that facilitate this development will be emphasised. Explanations of language development will be explored with reference to theories such as learning theory, nativist theory, social interactional theories and their more recent modifications. A study of alternative views of the development of number awareness and numeracy competence with reference to different curriculum approaches to numeracy. The relationship between the development of meta-cognitive/meta-linguistic competence and literacy/numeracy competence will be explored. Topics to be covered include the child's developing phonological, syntactic, semantic, pragmatic and orthographic awareness; the role of the family in literacy development; and the development of representational abilities and inter-generational literacy. |
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| Assessment: | A 2-hour examination and a 2000-word essay. |
| Prescribed Texts: | Prescribed Texts:Learning to be Literate; The Development of Spoken and Written Language (A Garton and C Pratt), (2nd edn), Basil Blackwell, 1997 |
| Breadth Options: | This subject is not available as a breadth subject. |
| Fees Information: | Subject EFTSL, Level, Discipline & Census Date |
| Generic Skills: | Information Not Available |
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