ED2631 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Phonological Awareness, Australian Curriculum

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English 2: Reading and Viewing
Lecture One Week One
Introduction, defining Literacy, and the Australian Curriculum
What is important in learning?
o Individual students’
o Children’s literature
o Personal literacy
o Explicit
o Balanced
o Systematic
o Integrated
o Apply your knowledge
What does literacy mean?
o Why is literacy important?
o How can we define literacy?
o Do literacy needs change over time?
o Where do reading and viewing sit in our definition of literacy?
Definitions of literacy
o UNESCO ‘the way literacy is defined influences the goals and strategies and the programs designed by
policy-makers as well as the teaching methodologies, curricula and materials employed by the
practitioners.’
o ‘Literacy is the ability to read and use written information and to write appropriately in a range of
contexts. It is used to develop knowledge and understanding, to achieve personal growth and to function
effectively in our society. ...
o Literacy involves the integration of speaking, listening, and critical thinking with reading and writing.
Effective literacy is intrinsically purposeful, flexible and dynamic, and continues to develop throughout an
individual’s lifetime.
o All Australians need to have effective literacy in English, not only for their own benefit but and welfare but
also for Australia to reach its social and economic goals.’
Definitions of Reading and Viewing
o Reading is the process of constructing meaning from text, whether written or graphic, paper based or
digital
What is a text?
Any written or spoken, audio or visual communication involving language. Many texts now
days are combinations of these models
o Viewing
What needs to take place for comprehension to occur?
o In constructing meaning from texts, readers combine what they know about
o Their personal world knowledge about the topic of the text
o Grammatical structures
o Letters and words
o Visual information
o This may be referred to as the reading process
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Individual students": children"s literature, personal literacy, explicit, balanced, systematic. Literacy is the ability to read and use written information and to write appropriately in a range of contexts. It is used to develop knowledge and understanding, to achieve personal growth and to function effectively in our society: literacy involves the integration of speaking, listening, and critical thinking with reading and writing. In constructing meaning from texts, readers combine what they know about: their personal world knowledge about the topic of the text, grammatical structures. Letters and words: visual information, this may be referred to as the reading process, what are the curriculum documents that guide us, australian curriculum: english, www. australiancurriculum. edu. au, first steps reading http://www. det. wa. edu. au/stepsresources. English in the australian curriculum: the k-10 australian curriculum in english is organised around three interrelated strands: Knowing about the english language: a coherent, dynamic, and evolving body of knowledge about the english language and how it works.

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