ECE4012 Cross Cultural Communication in Early Childhood (FOEDU)

Semester 2 (ONC)Toowoomba (EXT)Toowoomba

Units 1.0 (Teacher Education: Early Child) Band 5

State law in Queensland (Australia) requires that all adults working/undertaking professional experience/researching with children under the age of 18, in the state of Queensland are required to possess a current suitability card (Blue Card). (See "Other Requirements" for further information.) Also see: http://www.childcomm.qld.gov.au/employment/bluecard/informationSheets.html.

Synopsis

This course will examine the relationship of language and culture to communication in the classroom and wider school community context. It will provide an introduction to second language teaching pedagogy, including the communicative approach, intercultural literacy and reflective practice, study of second language learning and development, and the impact of the linguistic, socio-cultural, psychological and psycholinguistic factors that impact on second language learners. Strategies to support effective cross-cultural communications in the classroom and in the school community, and approaches to managing ESL children's English language development will be explored. Cross-cultural communication as it applies to Indigenous and Pacific Asian cultures will be a special focus. Curriculum knowledge and criteria for evaluation, selection and production of curriculum materials designed to develop children's communicative skills, including the use of ICTs in second language programs, will be developed.