School: Education

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    Professional Literacies
  • Unit Code

    LAN1240
  • Year

    2017
  • Enrolment Period

    1
  • Version

    1
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
    Online
  • Unit Coordinator

    Dr Anne Madeleine THWAITE

Description

This unit examines the systematic nature of language including its structure, how it varies and how it is shaped by users, situations and contexts. It investigates how language operates as a social process through the analysis of written and multimodal texts relevant to the professions.

Equivalent Rule

Unit was previously coded EDF1103, EDU1009, LAN1000, LAN1009, RPS1100

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Apply knowledge of the influence of the socio-cultural context on language use to evaluate spoken, written and multimodal texts.
  2. Apply understandings of the structure of language and the metalanguage used to describe this structure.
  3. Investigate, select, apply and evaluate strategies to enhance communication for a range of audiences, purposes and contexts.
  4. Produce and evaluate a range of spoken and written discourse suited to their profession.

Unit Content

  1. Language as a semiotic system which can be analysed and described.
  2. Selection, use and evaluation of communication strategies related to the professions.
  3. The socio-cultural nature of language and how it varies.
  4. Theory and practice related to language use in a range of professional contexts.

Additional Learning Experience Information

Lectures and tutorials.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
AssignmentPortfolio: Applied language tasks60%
ExaminationExamination40%
ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
AssignmentPortfolio: Applied language tasks60%
ExaminationExamination40%

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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School: Education

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    Professional Literacies
  • Unit Code

    LAN1240
  • Year

    2017
  • Enrolment Period

    2
  • Version

    1
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
    Online
  • Unit Coordinator

    Dr Anne Madeleine THWAITE

Description

This unit examines the systematic nature of language including its structure, how it varies and how it is shaped by users, situations and contexts. It investigates how language operates as a social process through the analysis of written and multimodal texts relevant to the professions.

Equivalent Rule

Unit was previously coded EDF1103, EDU1009, LAN1000, LAN1009, RPS1100

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Apply knowledge of the influence of the socio-cultural context on language use to evaluate spoken, written and multimodal texts.
  2. Apply understandings of the structure of language and the metalanguage used to describe this structure.
  3. Investigate, select, apply and evaluate strategies to enhance communication for a range of audiences, purposes and contexts.
  4. Produce and evaluate a range of spoken and written discourse suited to their profession.

Unit Content

  1. Language as a semiotic system which can be analysed and described.
  2. Selection, use and evaluation of communication strategies related to the professions.
  3. The socio-cultural nature of language and how it varies.
  4. Theory and practice related to language use in a range of professional contexts.

Additional Learning Experience Information

Lectures and tutorials.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
AssignmentPortfolio: Applied language tasks60%
ExaminationExamination40%
ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
AssignmentPortfolio: Applied language tasks60%
ExaminationExamination40%

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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