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ED30194: Language, communication & learning

Follow this link for further information on academic years Academic Year: 2013/4
Further information on owning departmentsOwning Department/School: Department of Education
Further information on credits Credits: 6
Further information on unit levels Level: Honours (FHEQ level 6)
Further information on teaching periods Period: Semester 2
Further information on unit assessment Assessment: CW 100%
Further information on supplementary assessment Supplementary Assessment: Like-for-like reassessment (where allowed by programme regulations)
Further information on requisites Requisites:
Further information on descriptions Description: Aims:
The unit aims to introduce students to issues concerning:
* The role of social interaction in language development;
* Children's language acquisition and development;
* The development of literacy and its social and cognitive consequences;
* Language and literacy in the context of home and school;
* Gender issues in language and literacy.

Learning Outcomes:
By the end of the unit students will be able to:
* Understand issues concerning the role of social interaction in language development;
* Understand issues concerning language, communication and learning in classrooms with reference to their professional experience in early educational settings and in key stage 1 and 2 classrooms;
* Understand the external constraints on classroom communication;
* Evaluate research into language, communication and learning in early educational settings and in key stage 1 and 2 classrooms.

Skills:
By the end of the Unit students will be able to:
* Communicate an argument.
* Evaluate others' arguments and research.
* Select appropriate and relevant information from a range of sources.
* Synthesise information from a number of sources in order to gain a coherent understanding.

Content:
The degree to which language development is/seems innate/genetically programmed; the degree to which language acquisition is socially and culturally conditioned; - the development of literacy and its social and cognitive consequences; the role of language in theories of learning. The language of home vs. the language of school; the sociology of education with respect to classroom language (e.g. Bernstein); socio-cultural perspectives on classroom processes (e.g. scaffolding). Language and communication problems in children. Gender issues in classroom language.
Further information on programme availabilityProgramme availability:

ED30194 is Compulsory on the following programmes:

Department of Education
  • UHED-AFB04 : BA (hons) Childhood, Youth and Education Studies (Full-time) - Year 2
  • UHED-AKB04 : BA (hons) Childhood, Youth and Education Studies (Full-time with Thick Sandwich Placement) - Year 2

Notes:
* This unit catalogue is applicable for the 2013/14 academic year only. Students continuing their studies into 2014/15 and beyond should not assume that this unit will be available in future years in the format displayed here for 2013/14.
* Programmes and units are subject to change at any time, in accordance with normal University procedures.
* Availability of units will be subject to constraints such as staff availability, minimum and maximum group sizes, and timetabling factors as well as a student's ability to meet any pre-requisite rules.