OBJECTIVES
AND IMPORTANCE OF STUDYING LANGUAGE ACROSS THE CURRICULUM:
After completion of the course, student
teachers will be able to:
1.
enhance
knowledge acquisition through LAC Approach
2.
understand
the different roles of language
3.
use language
in all domains, in each learning activity in
school
4.
create a link among different subjects through language
learning
5.
use
multilingualism as a strategy in the classroom
situation
6.
study
authentic literary and non- literary texts
7.
appreciate
different dialects & registers of language
8.
develop an
insight into the symbolic relationship between curriculum, syllabus and
textbooks
9.
understand
different language skills & ways to develop these
10.
develop
creativity among learners
COURSE
CONTENT (SYLLABUS)
UNIT 1
Introduction to Language across the
Curriculum Approach
·
Meaning,
need and benefits of LAC Approach
·
Respective
roles of Content Subject Teachers and Language Teachers in LAC Approach
·
Language
learning & Learning through Language General Classroom Language
·
Functions of
Language in Classroom Learning
Language Acquisition and Language Learning
·
Multi
-Cultural Awareness & Language Diversity
·
Relationship
between Language and society: Identity, Power, and Discrimination
·
Multilingualism
as a Resource & a Strategy
Language Discourse in the Classroom
·
General
Classroom Language
·
Classroom
Instructions and Language Learning
·
Use of
Literature across the curriculum
·
Role of
Questioning & Discussions in the classroom
UNIT-2
Listening and Speaking is Essential
Communicative Skills
·
Processing
and Enquiring Information
·
Listening
and Speaking to Interact: dialogue, storytelling, poem,
·
Recitation,
Short play
·
Respond to
Style, Tone, and Registers of language
Reading to Learn and Understand
·
Scanning,
Skimming and Extracting relevant information from the books
·
Understand
the meaning in reference to the context
·
Schema
Theory; Text structures, & reading in content areas
Writing to Learn and Understand
·
Linkages
between reading & Writing
·
Learn to
write reports, reviews, essays, notices, letters, and creative writings
·
Presentations
of selected papers, questions, and answers
Tasks
& Assignments:
·
Prepare a
report on any one of the following-
·
Write a Book
review considering the following points-
·
Use of
different registers of Language
·
Technical
aspects of Language
·
Meaning
conveyed in the Text
·
Design a
Newsletter on the Basis of Academic & Co-curricular Activities held in your
College.
·
Any other the project was given by the institution
SUGGESTED
READINGS AND BOOKS FOR LANGUAGE ACROSS THE CURRICULUM:
·
Agnihotri, R.K.(1995).Multilingualism as a classroom
resource. In K.Heugh,
A. Sieruhn and
·
P.
Pluddemonn (Eds.) Multilingual Education for South Africa.
Johannesburg, South Africa: Heinemann.3-7.
·
Hayes, J. H.
(2006). Active Literacy Across the Curriculum: Strategies for
Reading, Writing, Speaking, and
Listening, Eye on Education.
·
Kelly, K. A.
New Challenge for Chemistry Education, Volume 32 No.5, September -
October 2010.
·
Peachey N.,
(2003) Content-based Instruction, The British
Council.
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