EED112 LANGUAGE AS SOCIAL PRACTICE (8)
Enrolment restriction(s): Bachelor of Education (Primary), Bachelor of Social Science (Psychology)/Bachelor of Teaching (Primary), Bachelor of Human Movement/Bachelor of Teaching (Secondary) and Bachelor of Social Science (Psychology)/Bachelor of Teaching (Secondary) students only.
This subject introduces students to language as a social semiotic, in particular the functional view of language which enables and examination of the relationship between language and its contexts of use.  Accordingly, language development is approached from the perspective of socio-cultural practice and provides the content in the subject for exemplifying a range of textual choices at the levels of discourse and grammar.  The subject is taught within an environment of multi-literacies with specific emphasis on enhancing students’ facilities with multi-modal texts.