Learning Area(EC): Language & Literacy 3

This subject has the following teaching availabilities in 2009:

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.

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This subject will focus on curriculum design and development to support continuing movement towards independence in the use of oral language and the development of literacy practices. Topics will include the continuing role of oral language in learning; the particular demands of teaching and learning English in the primary school; a diverse range of text types that children will encounter in the prior-to-school and school years, including children's literature, visual texts, hypertexts, spoken texts; the particular needs of diverse groups in the understanding of school-based literacies, including second-language learners. This subject will include an exploration of national and state curriculum policy and programs, including CSF11 - English, the ESL Companion to the English CSF, the Early Year Program, Reading Recovery, and the Middle Years Literacy Program.

This subject is not available as a breadth subject.

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