Course Title: Intermediate reading skills for news and current affairs

Part A: Course Overview

Program: C3211

Course Title: Intermediate reading skills for news and current affairs

Portfolio: DSC

Nominal Hours: 60.0

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Course Code	Campus	Career	School	Learning Mode	Teaching Period(s)
GEDU5495	Brunswick Campus	TAFE	360T Education	Face-to-Face	Term1 2012, Term2 2012

Course Contact: Jennifer Chamberlain

Course Contact Phone: +61 3 9925 9476

Course Contact Email: jennifer.chamberlain@rmit.edu.au

Course Description

This module covers the reading skills required to locate and interpret media texts. It includes reading newspaper stories and interpreting visual texts which support these stories.

Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities

None

National Competency Codes and Titles

National Element Code & Title:	CSWEIIII Intermediate reading skills for news and current affairs
Elements:	Demonstrate understanding of a news article
	Interpret visual texts
	Locate news and current affairs articles and in media publications

Learning Outcomes

The outcomes described in this unit relate to:
Performance criteria of 3 learning outcomes
The ISLPR (International Second Language Proficiency Ratings) descriptors 1+-2
 

Overview of Assessment

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