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EDF1151

Faculty of Education

18 September 2017 19 April 2024
Monash University

Undergraduate - Unit

This unit entry is for students who completed this unit in 2014 only. For students planning to study the unit, please refer to the unit indexes in the the current edition of the Handbook. If you have any queries contact the managing faculty for your course or area of study.

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6 points, SCA Band 1, 0.125 EFTSL

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LevelUndergraduate
FacultyFaculty of Education
OfferedPeninsula First semester 2014 (Day)
Coordinator(s)Dr Jennifer Rennie

Synopsis

In this first unit in the English and literacy discipline sequence, students begin to develop knowledge and understanding of the fundamentals of the English language including oral language, listening, speaking, reading and writing. They gain an historical sense of how English and literacy has been shaped since the introduction of mass schooling. Students explore conceptual frameworks and theoretical ideas that help them to understand how the English language works so they can learn to communicate effectively through a range of coherent and well-structured texts. They learn how language enables people to interact effectively and explore how language builds and maintains relationships and is a means to exchange knowledge, skills, attitudes and opinions. Finally, the unit builds on students' personal literacies to further enhance their knowledge and skills as future literacy practitioners.

Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. become competent in their personal literacies, including a range of information and communication technologies
  2. develop an historical sense of how the subject English and literacy has been shaped
  3. critically examine their own personal oral, reading and writing histories through different theoretical frameworks
  4. further develop their knowledge of how the English language works
  5. understand and evaluate current literacy practices in relation to theories of language and literacy development.

Assessment

Essay (2000 words equivalent, 50%)
Critique (2000 words equivalent, 50%)

Chief examiner(s)

Dr Jennifer Rennie

Workload requirements

Minimum total expected workload equals 12 hours per week comprising:

(a.) Contact hours for on-campus students:

  • 2 hours per week

(b.) Additional requirements:

  • 10 hours of independent study per week

This unit applies to the following area(s) of study

Education - Primary