Second Language Reading and Lexis (SLAT7830)
Course level
Postgraduate Coursework
Faculty
School
Lang & Comp Cultural Stus
Units
2
Duration
One Semester
Class hours
2L 1T
Incompatible
SLAT6830
Assessment methods
Annotated bibliography, oral presentation, teaching demonstration and final project
Course enquiries
Dr M Harrington
This course is not currently offered, please contact the school.
Course description
This course is an introduction to the development of second language reading skills with a particular focus on the role of vocabulary in skilled reading. Basic reading processes will be presented and compared across alphabet and character-based languages. Implications for teaching reading will be discussed for traditional and computer-mediated learning contexts.