Students will demonstrate:
1. understanding of observation, monitoring and assessment techniques which form the basis of developmentally appropriate planning for language and literacy learning.
2. knowledge of, and competencies in, planning and implementing learning activities and teaching strategies that support language and literacy development for children from diverse backgrounds (including non-English speaking backgrounds).
3. knowledge of the philosophies and implications of current National Profile and State Syllabus documents
4. understanding and appreciation of the role of children's literature in literacy development.

Topics include:
. reading/writing processes
. oracy/literacy dependence
. culture and language
. English as a second language
. Teaching multilingual students
. a functional view of language
. text types - recount, report, narrative, poetry, procedure
. writing conventions - spelling, grammar, punctuation, handwriting
. outcomes-based assessment and programming for language
. monitoring, assessing, reporting
. creating a supportive environment for language/literacy development
. teaching strategies
. teacher as reflective researcher
. computers and language/literacy development

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Internal Mode

Field Study
Lecture
Tutorial

Tutorial: for 2 hour(s) per Week for Full Term
Lecture: for 1 hour(s) per Week for Full Term