Part A: Course Overview

Course Title: Introduction to Language and Literacy

Credit Points: 12.00

Terms

Course Code	Campus	Career	School	Learning Mode	Teaching Period(s)
TCHE2698	Bundoora Campus	Undergraduate	360H Education	Face-to-Face	Sem 1 2024, Sem 1 2025

Course Coordinator: Naomi Wilks-Smith

Course Coordinator Phone: 03 9925 7004

Course Coordinator Email: naomi.wilks-smith@rmit.edu.au

Course Coordinator Location: Bundoora 

Course Coordinator Availability: By appointment

Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities

None

Course Description

This course will introduce you to the wide field of language, literacies and applied linguistics. You will work from the individual use of language, which will involve a personal exploration of individual language use, including multilingualism and literacy use. Concepts such as language acquisition (of a first, second and further language) and translanguaging for multilingual learners will be features of this course.  

You will be introduced to aspects of language and society, how language works and most importantly how language and literacy learning is built on a foundation of oral language use. You will engage in practices such as rhymes, language games and songs as a basis for gaining phonemic awareness and grapho-phonic knowledge. 

Objectives/Learning Outcomes/Capability Development

This course contributes to the following BP320P24 Bachelor of Education (Primary) and BP320PEC24 Bachelor of Education (Primary and Early Childhood Education) Program Learning Outcomes: 

1. Develop and demonstrate broad and coherent theoretical and practical knowledge through one or more of the following practices: planning using data; teaching and learning; assessing; feedback and professional judgement; and appraising impact of teaching across a range of disciplines.  

3. Support students to develop the skills needed to become collaborative, problem-solving, creative learners with agency, and innovative and engaged members of society. 

Upon successful completion of this course, you will be able to:  

		Graduate APST
1	Design a learning task to address a stage of oral language development.	2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.5, 3.1, 3.3, 3.6
2	Explain the educational benefit of provided oral language tasks, making connections with literature	2.1, 3.3
3	Teach an oral language task to course peers	2.1, 2.2, 3.3
4	Describe the process of oral language acquisition, including first language and second/bilingual/multilingual development	1.2, 1.3, 2.1,
5	Identify the stages of oral language development.	1.2, 1.3, 2.1,
6	Critically review resources and strategies for teaching oral language development, including those that connect oral language with early reading and writing practices.	2.1, 3.3, 3.4,

Overview of Learning Activities

You will be actively engaged in a range of learning activities such as workshops, tutorials, seminars, project work, class discussion, individual and group activities. Teaching and learning may be face to face, online, or a combination of both. 

Overview of Learning Resources

RMIT will provide you with resources and tools for learning in this course through our online systems. 

There are services available to support your learning through the University Library. The Library provides guides on academic referencing and subject specialist help as well as a range of study support services. For further information, please visit the Library page on the RMIT University website and the myRMIT student portal. 

Overview of Assessment

You will be assessed on how well you meet the course’s learning outcomes (CLO) and on your development against the program learning outcomes. The assessment is also mapped against the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers (APST).  

Assessment Tasks 

	Title	Weighting	CLOs	APSTs
AT 1	Oral Language Task Redevelopment and Micro-teaching	20%	1,2,3	2.1, 2.2, 2.5
AT 2	Oral Language Case Study	40%	1,4,5	2.1, 2.2. 2.5
AT 3	Annotated collection of oral language resources and strategies	40%	6	2.1, 2.2

 

Feedback will be given on all assessment tasks. 

If you have a long-term medical condition and/or disability it may be possible to negotiate to vary aspects of the learning or assessment methods. You can contact the program coordinator or Equitable Learning Services if you would like to find out more. 

Your course assessment conforms to RMIT assessment principles, regulations, policies, procedures and instructions.