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| CPP3103 | Language and Literacies for Diverse Learners | ||
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| Credit Points: 12 | |||
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| CPC2101 | An Introduction to Language, Literacy and Learners | ||
| Description: | |||
This unit is intended to provide pre-service mainstream teachers with an awareness of the capacities and experiences of learners for whom English is an Additional Language (EAL) or Standard Australian English is an Additional Dialect (SAEAD). Based on these abilities, the unit explores the needs of linguistically and culturally diverse learners in the mainstream classroom and approaches for addressing these needs. The unit will be informed by current perspectives and issues relating to language learning and teaching (including multiliteracies) in curriculum content areas. Students will be introduced to formal and informal methods of evaluation and assessment of EAL and SAEAD learners. Full Unit Outline | |||
| Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005) | |||
| For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes, Graduate Attributes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Student Equity, Diversity and Disability Service website: | |||
| http://intranet.ecu.edu.au/student/support/student-equity | |||
Last Updated - Higher Education: 15/03/2014 VET: 14/05/2014