This unit will provide an introduction to issues in language in education including, reading, writing, early childhood literacy, tertiary literacy and classroom practices. Literacies in media and computer communication contexts will be investigated including the language of hypertext, 'reading' in CMC, television and video discourse, and the ethical issues of access, participation and democratisation will also be explored. These topics help frame understandings about the measurement, acquisition, absence and change for literacies in communication contexts. -- Course Website
Instructor: Dr Julie Bradshaw
Prerequisites: A first-year sequence in Linguistics, English or Communication and 12 points of Linguistics, English or Communication at second-year level.