The course ‘BES-124 Language Across the Curriculum’ is one of the core courses studied in the first year of IGNOU B.Ed. programme. This is a two-credit course. The concept of Language Across the Curriculum emphasises the key role language plays in learning. It is based on the understanding that language and thinking are deeply connected and promotes learning. Learning takes place when new facts are assimilated through listening and talking, reading and writing about what is being learnt, and by relating this new learning to what has been learnt before or the previous knowledge. Speaking and writing involve thinking, what we write and speak is a manifestation of that thinking.
Language helps in conceptualising and expressing our thought clearly. The task of the teacher is that of developing language abilities into subject specific thinking and communication in every subjects. Teachers need to build cognitive and communicative competencies in learners while teaching their specific subjects. Language Across the Curriculum, advocates an understanding and transaction of the curriculum based on the following premises:
Language is more than communication skills.
Language is also linked to the thinking process.
Language is a tool for conceptualising, for thinking, for networking.
Language supports mental activity and cognitive precision.
Language for academic purposes helps to express thoughts more clearly (this is especially true for writing)
Language helps to structure discourse and practice discourse functions.
This Course attempts to sensitise the teachers to the linkages between language and learning and to motivate them to adopt such practices in teaching of their specific disciplines so that language becomes a tool for facilitating learning. This Course has two Blocks, namely, Understanding Language Across the Curriculum and Teaching and Assessing Language Across the Curriculum.
| Course Status : | Completed |
| Course Type : | Not Applicable |
| Language for course content : | English |
| Duration : | 10 weeks |
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| Credit Points : | 2 |
| Level : | Undergraduate/Postgraduate |
| Start Date : | 15 Jul 2024 |
| End Date : | 30 Nov 2024 |
| Enrollment Ends : | 31 Aug 2024 |
| Exam Date : | 07 Dec 2024 IST |
| Exam Shift : | Shift-II |
Note: This exam date is subject to change based on seat availability. You can check final exam date on your hall ticket.
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Ms. Poonam Bhushan works in Indira Gandhi National Open University, New Delhi as a faculty member in the School of Education. Ms Poonam Bhushan obtained Master Degree and M.Phil., from Punjab University, Chandigarh and has been teaching in IGNOU since March 1987.
She was selected by the East-West Centre Hawaii for participation in the International Workshop on “Higher Education in 2020” in 2009 organised at Hawaii, U.S.A. She is also the recipient of DST fellowship for M.Phil., on “India’s Science Policy Beyond the Oceans-Antarctica.”
She was also awarded silver medal (PUSU) in Post Graduation, Punjab University, Chandigarh. Her areas of interest are Policy Analysis and Political Economy of Education, Pedagogy of Language Teaching, and Teacher Education.
At IGNOU, she has been coordinating the Post Graduate Diploma in Higher Education (PGDHE) programme, and courses of B.Ed. programme such as Pedagogy of English, and Language Across the Curriculum.
Dr. Niradhar Dey works in Indira Gandhi National Open University, New Delhi since November 2011 as a faculty member in the School of Education. He has pursued his Master, M.Phil., and Ph.D. in Education from Sambalpur University, Odisha. He has pursued PGDHE, PGDDE and CIG programmes from Indira Gandhi National Open University, New Delhi. His specialization areas are Educational Measurement and Evaluation, Educational Technology, Research Methodology in Education, Teacher Education, Pedagogy of Social Science, ODL and Online Education. He has more than 21 years of experience of teaching both in Conventional, ODL and Online Education system.
He is presently coordinating M.A. (Education), B.A. (Multidisciplinary) (Education), and PGDAE programmes. He is also coordinating SWAYAM MOOCs on B.Ed. and B.A. (Education) courses like, BES-125 Understanding Disciplines and Subjects, BES-127 Assessment for Learning, BES-122 Contemporary India and Education, and BESC-131 Education: Concept, Nature and Perspectives.
He has published 3 Books, more than 50 Research Papers, presented papers in more than 50 International and National level Seminars/Workshops. He has visited the Open University of Hongkong in 2018, and Pan Commonwealth Forum (PCF10), Calgary, Canada 2022 to participate and presented papers in the International Conference sponsored by the Commonwealth of Learning (COL), Canada.
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