Second Language Reading (SLAT7830)
Information valid for Semester 1, 2015
Course level
Postgraduate Coursework
Faculty
Humanities and Social Sciences
School
Languages & Cultures School
Units
2
Duration
One Semester
Delivery mode
Internal
Class hours
2L 1T
Incompatible
SLAT6830
Assessment methods
Annotated bibliography, oral presentation, and final project
Course enquiries
Dr Michael Harrington
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. This course may be cancelled if there are fewer than 20 enrolments.
