Module overview
Aims and Objectives
Learning Outcomes
Transferable and Generic Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- Organise and articulate opinions and arguments in speech and writing using relevant specialist vocabulary
Knowledge and Understanding
Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:
- Understand the role played by language, literacy and literature in children's learning.
- Understand some of the developments in research, theory and policy within language and literacy development.
- Reflect on issues and challenges in relation to children's language and literacy development.
Subject Specific Intellectual and Research Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- Reflect critically on research, theory, and policy related to language and literacy development.
Syllabus
Learning and Teaching
Teaching and learning methods
Type | Hours |
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Independent Study | 109 |
Teaching | 20 |
Guided independent study | 20 |
Tutorial | 1 |
Total study time | 150 |
Resources & Reading list
Textbooks
J. Conteh (2010). Multilingual learning : stories from schools and communities in Britain. Stoke on Trent: Trentham Books.
M. Barrs and V. Cork (2001). The Reader in the Writer. London: CLPE.
B. Marshall, J. Manuel, D.L. Pasternak and J. Rowswell (eds) (2020). The Bloomsbury Handbook of Reading Perspectives and Practices. London: Bloomsbury Academic.
D. Wyse, R.Jones, H. Bradford and MA. Wolpert (2018). Teaching English, Language and Literacy. London: Routledge.
N. Gamble (2019). Exploring Children's Literature. London: SAGE Publications.
Assessment
Assessment strategy
Throughout the module there will be discussions so that students can receive peer and tutor feedback. The final module assessment will involve creating a text for children and presenting a rationale for choices made in the creation of the text in the context of relevant literature.Summative
This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.
Method | Percentage contribution |
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Development of a resource pack | 100% |
Referral
This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.
Method | Percentage contribution |
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Development of a resource pack | 100% |
Repeat
An internal repeat is where you take all of your modules again, including any you passed. An external repeat is where you only re-take the modules you failed.
Method | Percentage contribution |
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Development of a resource pack | 100% |
Repeat Information
Repeat type: Internal & External