This course will introduce you to the wide field of language, literacies and applied linguistics. You will work from the individual use of language, which will involve a personal exploration of individual language use, including multilingualism and literacy use. Concepts such as language acquisition (of a first, second and further language) and translanguaging for multilingual learners will be features of this course.

You will be introduced to aspects of language and society, how language works and most importantly how language and literacy learning is built on a foundation of oral language use. You will engage in practices such as rhymes, language games and songs as a basis for gaining phonemic awareness and grapho-phonic knowledge.