Description

This subject aims to provide Early Childhood pre-service teachers with an understanding of how oral language supports reading development in young children. Pre-service teachers explore theories and approaches to supporting early language and reading development and consider the implications for practice. Pre-service teachers examine the shape of the Australian Curriculum: … For more content click the Read More button below.

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Pre-enrolment Requirement

Text Requisites

Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of this subject, graduates will be able to:
1.
Locate and use the concepts and structures underpinning the Early Years Learning Framework, Queensland Kindergarten Learning Guideline and F-10 Australian Curriculum: English, particularly those aspects that relate to communication, language and reading acquisition
2.
Apply curriculum, assessment and reporting knowledge to design learning sequences and lesson plans that support diverse groups of children's communication, language and reading acquisition
3.
Select, use and reflect on a repertoire of teaching strategies that support linguistically and culturally diverse groups of children to develop oral language and reading acquisition
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Set learning goals that provide achievable challenges for students of varying cultural backgrounds, abilities and characteristics
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Identify appropriate assessment strategies, including formal and informal, diagnostic and formative approaches that provide students with timely and constructive feedback about their learning
6.
Identify strategies for seeking and applying constructive feedback from supervisors and teachers to improve the teaching of reading

Assessments

1. Written - Media article

2. Written - Lesson plan

3. Written - Test/Quiz

Offerings

Semester 2

ONL-ONL-S2

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