ALM5270 - Literacy

Leader(s): Dr Julie Bradshaw

Offered

Clayton Second semester 2009 (Off-campus)

Synopsis

Issues of mother-tongue and second language literacy. The socio-cultural context of literacy, especially cross-cultural and gender issues. The development of literacy in the pre-school years and in the classroom context. Approaches to the teaching of reading and writing. Genre theory and the contribution of a systemic-function approach to the development of writing.

Assessment

Written Work (9,000 words in total): 100%