Undergraduate Courses:
Bachelor of Education and B.Ed. in Education & Psychology
TEACHING STUDIES 2 - EN4741 English Language:
This course is designed to familiarise participants with current research on the processes involved in language development and with a range of teaching strategies designed to support children’s language development in the classroom. These will be explained with reference to the principles, content and teaching approaches recommended in the English Language Curriculum.
TEACHING STUDIES 4 - EN4742 English Language:
This course is designed to support participants’ knowledge and skills in the design and delivery of appropriate programmes to support the English language development of children in the junior and middle classes in the primary school.
TEACHING STUDIES 6 - EN4773 English Language:
This course is designed to provide participants with an understanding of difficulties experienced by all children, including those for whom English is an additional language (EALs), in the acquisition of reading and writing; a range of assessment approaches to identify these precise difficulties and an appreciation of the principles and procedures underpinning a differentiated and inclusive approach to literacy development in the classroom.
TEACHING STUDIES 6 - EN4764 Drama and English Language:
The English Language component of this module will provide participants with an understanding of: Children’s Literature in the Primary Classroom, Developing Children’s Oral and Written Response to Fiction, Using Children’s Literature as a Springboard for Developing Both Language and Critical Thinking in the Primary Classroom, and Supporting Children as Story Writers.
ELECTIVE IN EDUCATION - EN4756 English Language:
Elective offered to students in the Teaching of English Language. The module requires in-depth study and presentation of a project.