EED112: Language As Social Practice Essay

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EED112 Language As Social Practice Essay

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Introduction

• Define literacy
• How we learn literacy
• Define concept of discourse community
• Purpose of essay

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Discourse Communities

• How we become members
• Learning and acquisition
• Primary discourse
• Secondary discourse
• Relation to literacy

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Example

• Aboriginal community
• How sociocultural context impacts on primary and
  secondary discourses

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Sociocultural Approaches

• Sociocultural approach to language
• Protolanguage
• Functions of language
• Context

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Sociocultural Cont.

• Sociocultural approach to learning
• Zone of Proximal Development (ZPD)
• Scaffolding

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Context of Schooling

• What is school?
• Teaching/ Learning Cycle
• Oral language- IRF
• Modelling

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Conclusion

• How we learn literacy
• Discourse communities
• Sociocultural approaches
• Context of schooling

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Reference List

• Name
• Year
• Title (in italics)
• Publisher
• Place where published