Language and Literacy: Birth to 8 Years

This subject recognises the period from birth to eight years, as a time of significant language development. It investigates how children learn language and literacy, as well as the critical importance of language to children’s emergent literacy and successful learning. The content focuses on typical developmental progression and the evidence-based strategies to build rich language and literacy play-based programs in early childhood and primary school settings. This subject references the Australian/Victorian Early Years Learning and Development Frameworks (VEYLDF) and Curricula.