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Language across the curriculum. Language is power, life and the instrument of culture, the instrument of domination and liberation Angela Carter. Rationale. The development of competent language skills is pivotal in the students’ effective learning and education both in school and out.”.
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Language is power, life and the instrument of culture, the instrument of domination and liberation Angela Carter
Rationale The development of competent language skills is pivotal in the students’ effective learning and education both in school and out.”
Key messages • identify and model language in all subjects • provide opportunities for children to use the language in a meaningful context • develop language through a variety of organisational settings and contexts
Language across the curriculum • Principal means of human communication • Interaction of language and experience • Talk and discussion • Planning and implementation
Input Interaction Output
Implications for ... • identify and model • the role and varieties of language learning Teacher Child • learn and use the language • use language to clarify his/her thoughts question, direct, explain, suggest, prompt, illustrate, guide and stimulate the child to think describe, discuss, question, classify interpret, reflect, hypothesise, express ideas and reactions
Consider ... • how the child’s language is developed in each learning experience
Key messages • identify and model language in all subjects - input • provide opportunities for children to use the language in a meaningful context - interaction • develop language through a variety of organisational settings and contexts - output
Language is power, life and the instrument of culture, the instrument of domination and liberation Angela Carter