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Leigha Tew's comment, April 30, 2013 1:16 AM
Literacy within geography is related to the development of thinking skills and the development of communication skills. In planning a lesson, teaches should consider the meta-language to be used or learnt, the process of the input and output of content knowledge, the utilisation and development of lower and higher order thinking skills and the need for differentiation. This article highlighted three primary ideas for promoting literacy development in bilingual classrooms - task-based learning approach, performance based assessment as formative assessment and collaborative learning. Teacher explanations and pictures/diagrams were the highest rated means of assistance for bilingual students. This emphasises the need for teachers to be effective explainers. The practice and development of literacy skills can be found and evaluated through oral and written literacy but also collaborative learning and the use of games to consolidate and evaluate literacy. Finally in planning lessons teachers can begin at the framework of these four points - content to be learnt, metalanguage to be learnt, thinking skills utilised and the topical relevance to personal culture.
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This is a longer resource but definitely worth the read. Provide sound ideas for helping address literacy in geography teaching ( a key component and element of both NSW syllabus and Australian Curriculum)