University of Technology SydneyHandbook 2007

024711 Language, Literacy and Education

6cp
Undergraduate
Subject coordinator: Paul March

This subject consolidates knowledge and teaching applications of the nature of language and literacy in educational practice. It focuses on the nature of language, and on the social factors which affect it. These include age, class, ethnicity and gender. It also explores the relationships between language and power, and the significance of this for classroom teachers.

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