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Unit description
This discipline unit provides students with opportunities to build personal literacy, as well as the knowledge and skills to apply this in professional settings. Content topics will cover: literacy, professional literacy, and academic literacy.
Unit content
Topic 1: Being a successful student
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Beginning university studies
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Developing a Growth Mindset
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Transformational Learning Theory
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The habits of successful learners
Topic 2: Literacy for all
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The fundamental concepts of writing
Topic 3: The Literacy demands of the 21st century
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The magnitude of the global illiteracy problems
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The pervasive nature of language
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Literacy in everyday situations
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The importance of home and community literacy practices
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Understanding that everyone can be literate
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Literacy in the 21st century
Topic 4: Professional Literacy – Reading and viewing
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Literacy in the 21st century
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What is reading?
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Research on how the brain learns to read
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Readability
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Deep viewing
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Comprehension
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Contemporary research evidence
Topic 5: Professional Literacy – Writing
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Social purpose of writing
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Text types and genre
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Writing as an art form
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Contemporary research evidence
Topic 6: Professional Literacy – Speaking
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Speaking (oral language)
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Professional speaking
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The importance of active listening
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Contemporary research evidence
Topic 7: Academic Literacy – Reading
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Scholarly sources
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Academic genres
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Finding resources
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Reading for a purpose
Topic 8: Academic Literacy – Academic Referencing
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Referencing for academic writing
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Plagiarism
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Proofreading
Topic 9: Academic Literacy – Writing Paragraphs and Essays
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Topic sentences
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Use of reference points
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Paragraph structure
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Essay structure
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Common direction words
Topic 10: Academic Literacy – Revision and Examination Preparation
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Examination skills
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Revision of unit and examination preparation
Learning outcomes
Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.
Learning outcomes and graduate attributes
GA1: Intellectual rigour,
GA2: Creativity,
GA3: Ethical practice,
GA4: Knowledge of a discipline,
GA5: Lifelong learning,
GA6: Communication and social skills,
GA7: Cultural competence| On completion of this unit, students should be able to: | GA1 | GA2 | GA3 | GA4 | GA5 | GA6 | GA7 |
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| 1 | demonstrate personal literacy competence to the high standard required for professional practice | | | | | | Communication and social skills | |
| 2 | analyse a range of texts for their text structure and language features | Intellectual rigour | | | | | Communication and social skills | |
| 3 | create a range of texts for a professional context | | | | | | Communication and social skills | |
| 4 | compose short responses displaying academic writing principles. | Intellectual rigour | | | | | Communication and social skills | |
On completion of this unit, students should be able to:
- demonstrate personal literacy competence to the high standard required for professional practice
- GA6:
Communication and social skills
- analyse a range of texts for their text structure and language features
- GA1:
Intellectual rigour
- GA6:
Communication and social skills
- create a range of texts for a professional context
- GA6:
Communication and social skills
- compose short responses displaying academic writing principles.
- GA1:
Intellectual rigour
- GA6:
Communication and social skills
Prescribed texts
Session 1
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Study Period 6
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Prescribed texts may change in future study periods.