Literacy

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Level 2 Modules

Literacy 2.1: Developing and achieving good communication skills in support work

• Module Guide
• Session 01
• Session 02

Literacy 2.2: Progression to planning and teaching

• Module Guide
• Session 01
• Session 02
• Session 03
• Session 04

Level 3 Modules

Literacy 3.1: Measuring progress in key skills and basic skills

• Module Guide
• Session 01 - Literacy: personal and social factors
• Session 02 - Working with learners who have learning difficulties and/or disabilities
• Session 03 - Assessment methods
• Session 04 - Personal communication skills
• Session 05 - Developing literacy skills within another subject
• Session 06 - Planning and recording learning achievement

Level 4 Modules

Literacy 4.1: Social context of language

• Module Guide
• Session 01 - The importance of context in language use
• Session 02 - Literacy practices and literacy events
• Session 03 - Social roles and power
• Session 04 - Social networks
• Session 05 - Social network membership
• Session 06 - Socio-economic status
• Session 07 - Contexts for literacy learning
• Session 08 - Limited literacy and/ or language attainment and disadvantage

Literacy 4.2: Socio-cultural influences on language use

• Module Guide
• Session 01 - Historical changes in the English language
• Session 02 - English as a global language
• Session 03 - Standard English
• Session 04 - The media and new literacies

Literacy 4.3: Multi lingualism for Literacy teachers

• Module Guide
• Session 01 - Who are the Learners?
• Session 02 - How do learners learn a second
  language? (1)
• Session 03 - How do learners learn a second
  language? (2)
• Session 04 - In the classroom

Literacy 4.4: Grammar for literacy teachers

• Module Guide
• Session 01 - Theory and practice
• Session 02 - Words and sentences
• Session 03 - Grammar and sentences
• Session 04 - Grammar and texts

Literacy 4.5: All about words

• Module Guide
• Session 01 - History and development of the English language
• Session 02 - Phonetics and phonology
• Session 03 - Graphology and morphology
• Session 04 - Vocabulary and spelling

Literacy 4.6: Discourse for literacy teachers

• Module Guide
• Session 01 - Introduction to discourse
• Session 02 - Discourse as social practice
• Session 03 - Written discourse analysis
• Session 04 - Spoken discourse analysis

Literacy 4.7: Personal use of language

• Module Guide
• Session 01 - Speaking and listening
• Session 02 - Reading and writing (1)
• Session 03 - Reading and writing (2)
• Session 04 - Putting it all together

Literacy 4.8: Literacy theories and their application

• Module Guide
• Session 01 - Literacy as social practice
• Session 02 - Approaches to reading development
• Session 03 - Approaches to writing development
• Session 04 - Research evidence and motivations for literacy learning

Literacy 4.9: Specific learning difficulties and disabilities

• Module Guide
• Session 01 - The range and impact of difficulties and the importance of matching teaching and learning with learners' strengths
• Session 02 - Developing a diagnostic approach
• Session 03 - Strategies for supporting learners in reading
• Session 04 - Strategies for supporting learners in spelling and writing

Literacy 4.10: Current issues in teaching literacy in post-16 education and training

• Module Guide
• Session 01 - The post-16 context
• Session 02 - Learning theories
• Session 03 - The Adult Literacy Core Curriculum and assessment
• Session 04 - Information and learning technology (ILT)
• Session 05 - Approaches to differentiated teaching and learning
• Session 06 - Planning for individuals and groups
• Session 07 - Bilingual learners in the literacy class
• Session 08 - Embedded literacy in the post-16 context