Monash University Arts Undergraduate handbook 1995

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LIN2490

Language, reading and writing

Proposed to be offered next in 1996

E Eisikovits

8 points * 3 hours per week * First semester * Clayton

An introduction to some important issues in language in education, including language variation, language and disadvantage, classroom discourse, and a study of the role and development of literacy.

Assessment

Written assignments (2500 words): 40% * Class paper: 30% * Class test: 30%

Recommended texts

Garton A and C Pratt Learning to be literate: The development of spoken and written language Blackwell, 1989

Perera K Children's writing and reading: Analysing classroom language Blackwell and Deutsch, 1984

Stubbs M Language, schools and classrooms Methuen, 1976



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