Advance Literacy

Advanced literacy

Purpose: To provide a general overview of the importance of Academic Vocabulary within Advanced Literacy.
Thesis: The level of vocabulary needed for advanced literacy should be academic.
Audience: EAP (English for Academic Purpose) Discourse Community, EAP teachers and students.
1. Reading and writing connections in advanced literacy
1.1 Vocabulary required for Advanced Literacy
1.2 Academic vocabulary – three categories
1.2.1 The Research – process vocabulary – presented in context
1.2.2 The vocabulary of analysis – needed to present information
1.2.3 The vocabulary of evaluation – required for writing critiques, reviews and reports
1.3 Academic vocabulary difficulties and solutions
1.4 Academic students’ needs
1.4.1 Learning to read and write
1.4.2 Writing to learn
1.5 Academic Reading connections in advanced Literacy
1.5.1 Language and Acquisition
1.5.2 Language study


Reference

Pintos, V, (2008) Unit 1: Building up a community of teachers and prospective researchers. Universidad CAECE: Buenos Aires, Argentina.