Language, literacy and literature in education
GS GD PD
Subject value 1.0 * 2 hours per weekend school * First semester * Gippsland/Distance
The subject includes (1) some basic sociolinguistic concepts - language and attitudes to language, the primitive language myth, standard and nonstandard English, language structure and language use; (2) sociolinguistics of literacy - functional literacy, influences on children's language-family, school and peer group, communication and content area reading-subject registers, reading for meaning and decoding to sound, libraries and the growth of literacy; (3) literature for young people - introduction to the range of literature available to young people, approaches to literacy criticism, examination of the child as reader, the reading needs and interests of young people, issues of content and formulation of selection criteria, historical antecedents of modern literature for young people, introduction to particular themes and genres, a study of selected authors, promotion of reading by evaluating a range of teaching strategies and encouraging reader response, catering for special groups, eg ethnic minorities and those with learning disabilities; (4) the role of the librarian as a cooperating team member in promoting literature across the curriculum. The subject is taught by readings, lectures, tutorials and study guides.
Assessment
Satisfactory completion of set assignments
Recommended texts
Hunt P Children's literature: The development of criticism Routledge, 1992
Saxby M R and Winch G Give them wings: The experience of children's literature Macmillan, 1987
Stubbs M Language, schools and classrooms 2nd edn, Methuen, 1983