Sem - II (First Year)

COURSE OUTCOMES

CO 1:          Understanding the gradual paradigm shift from language studies to across the curriculum important landmarks in connection with language and education in the historical and contemporary period

CO 2:          Describing the basic understanding and familiarity with key concepts - language, language perspective, language bias, language stereotype, empowerment, language parity, equity and equality, patriarchy and feminism

CO 3:          Evaluating language issues in school, curriculum and textual materials across disciplines, pedagogical processes and its intersection with class, caste, culture, religion and region

CO 4:          Applying how language, across the curriculum relate to education (in terms of access, curriculum and pedagogy)

COURSE CONTENT

UNIT  I-Language Diversity and Classroom Interaction

·         Meaning and concept of language diversity.

·         Varied language contexts of the learners: dialect, regional varieties and standard language

·         Multilingualism - Meaning and concept, Challenges and strategies

·         Classroom Interaction, home language and school language

UNIT  II-Language and Communication

a. Meaning and importance of communication.

b Language as a tool of Communication

(i) Features of Language

(ii) Structure of Language

(iii) Language and Power

c. Communication Skills: Sender, Message, Receiver Medium Analysis.

UNIT  III- Developing Communication Competencies: Reading and Writing

·         Reading school texts (Language, social science, science, mathematics): expository

·         texts vs. narrative texts; transactional text vs. reflective texts.Reading strategies — scanning, skimming and reading for extracting information

·         Forms of Writing: note taking, note making, summarizing; writing with purpose

·         Analyzing students' reading and writing; developing reading and writing

competencies

Constructive Skills - Engaging, Exploring, Explaining, Elaborating and Evaluating.

UNIT  V-Classroom Discourse

·         Importance of oral language.

·         Discussion as an approach for learning: mode (participatory, interactive, collaborative)

·         Questions as a tool for learning.

·         Role of teacher in classroom discourse.

Practicum/Field work: (Any two of the following)

·         Write a paper on efforts of the Central and State governments for LAC.

·         Prepare on any one topic from any one UNIT  with the support of Teacher Educator and present

·         in the classroom.

·         Review one recent article on LAC.

·         Prepare a report on recent trends in educational development of LAC in India.

·         Conduct an opinion survey for LAC in Education.

SUGGESTED READINGS

Ø  Batra P. (Ed.) (2010). Social Science Learning in Schools: Perspective and

Ø  Challenges, New Delhi: Sage Publications.

Ø  Dewey J. (1897) My Pedagogic creed, School Journal, Vol. 54. Brunes J.(1996) In the Culture of Education Cambridge : Harvard University Press,

Ø  Chapter - 2, Folk Pedagogy, 44-65.