Postgraduate Course: Language, Literacy and Communication (EDUA11139)
Course Outline
| School | Moray House School of Education |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Availability | Available to all students |
| SCQF Credits | 20 |
ECTS Credits | 10 |
| Summary | This course will introduce participants to key issues in relation to language, learning and deafness. It should enable participants to take an informed view of what remains a controversial area within Deaf Education. The course will focus on the deaf individuals linguistic potential and the practical ways of enabling linguistic access, particularly access to literacy. |
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements | None |
| Additional Costs | Standard fee plus £285 |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
Course Delivery Information
| Not being delivered |
Learning Outcomes
Course members will demonstrate
An awareness of the linguistic potential of deaf pupils and the possible barriers to linguistic access;
An understanding of key differences and similarities between spoken and signed language;
An understanding of the processes of signed and spoken language acquisition.
An informed understanding of the different approaches to language within Deaf Education, including monolingual and bi/multi-lingual approaches;
A critical awareness of different types of linguistic assessment; the ability to interpret the results of such assessments and some ability to carry out some forms of assessment and to make use of linguistic observations;
An awareness of the different theories relating to literacy development in deaf pupils;
A familiarity with approaches, techniques and resources, including technological resources, which can support the deaf childs language use and the development of literacy.
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Not entered |
| Additional Class Delivery Information |
Twenty four hours contact teaching, delivered flexibly. |
| Keywords | Not entered |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Ms Rachel O'Neill
Tel: (0131 6)51 6429
Email: rachel.oneill@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Ms Lorraine Denholm
Tel: (0131 6)51 6433
Email: lorraine.denholm@ed.ac.uk |
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