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ELA100 - English Language for Literacy

2023

Sector

Higher Education

Discipline

Education

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Unit Description

This unit develops a professional knowledge of English language and culture required for teaching language, literacy and literature in educational settings. It examines a social theory of English language use in context, and its application to communicate different kinds of meaning relevant to specific situations. The unit exemplifies meanings made by spoken and written English language in multimodal texts, used for learning across the Australian Curriculum. Preservice teachers will identify language choices and patterns that construct meanings at whole text level, sentence and clause level, and word level. Key concepts of English language are analysed, including ideas of language function and form, discourse, genre, grammar, phonology and morphology.

Unit Learning Outcomes

1.	Demonstrate an understanding of the nature of spoken and written language as culturally and socially embedded means of communication.
2.	Demonstrate and apply a basic understanding of theory and key concepts of language use in context, and concepts of language learning.
3.	Analyse spoken and written whole texts to identify basic aspects of discourse, sentence grammar, lexicology and phonology.
4.	Participate competently in written or spoken discussions about key characteristics of language and literacy.

Assessment Overview

	Assessment Task	Value (of total mark)	Related Learning Outcome/s
1.	Online quizzes (2 x 10 questions)	20%	1 - Demonstrate an understanding of the nature of spoken and written language as culturally and socially embedded means of communication. 2 - Demonstrate and apply a basic understanding of theory and key concepts of language use in context, and concepts of language learning. 3 - Analyse spoken and written whole texts to identify basic aspects of discourse, sentence grammar, lexicology and phonology. 4 - Participate competently in written or spoken discussions about key characteristics of language and literacy.
2.	Portfolio (1,200 words or equivalent)	40%	1 - Demonstrate an understanding of the nature of spoken and written language as culturally and socially embedded means of communication. 2 - Demonstrate and apply a basic understanding of theory and key concepts of language use in context, and concepts of language learning. 3 - Analyse spoken and written whole texts to identify basic aspects of discourse, sentence grammar, lexicology and phonology. 4 - Participate competently in written or spoken discussions about key characteristics of language and literacy.
3.	Report (1,200 words or equivalent)	40%	1 - Demonstrate an understanding of the nature of spoken and written language as culturally and socially embedded means of communication. 2 - Demonstrate and apply a basic understanding of theory and key concepts of language use in context, and concepts of language learning. 3 - Analyse spoken and written whole texts to identify basic aspects of discourse, sentence grammar, lexicology and phonology. 4 - Participate competently in written or spoken discussions about key characteristics of language and literacy.

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