Working with Grammar in Context (EDUC90915)

This subject is designed for Teacher Candidates who want to develop their knowledge of the English language and how it works. The subject will provide a study of English as it relates to the teaching of language and literacy in the primary school and early secondary years with a focus on developing Teacher Candidates’ understanding of how language works at different levels of meaning (text, sentence and word) and the connections between these levels in a range of written texts that primary and early secondary students read and write.

The subject will also examine ways in which meaning is conveyed in images, drawing upon frameworks which enable the analysis of visual texts and will explore the relationship between written text and image in multimodal texts such as picture story books. Throughout the subject, students will build a basic metalanguage for describing and talking about language and images that is reflected in the Victorian Curriculum.

This subject is highly recommended for Teacher Candidates undertaking the Literacy Specialised Pathway in the Master of Teaching (Primary).