Teaching Communication, Language, and Literacy for Diverse Learners

This report delves into the crucial aspects of teaching communication, language, and literacy to a diverse group of learners. It begins by exploring contemporary approaches, emphasizing the integration of active learning, digital literacy, and the use of various tools and online content to enhance the learning experience. The report then focuses on teaching strategies that support cultural languages, highlighting the importance of collaboration, embracing diversity, providing literacy materials, and ensuring teachers possess proficient knowledge of both subject matter and language. Finally, the report underscores the significance of diverse learning for children, emphasizing its role in preparing students for a global economy, building confidence, enhancing achievement, fostering creativity, and promoting personalized learning. The report concludes by reiterating the vital role of teachers in creating an inclusive and supportive learning environment.

Teaching
communication
language and literacy
for a range of diverse
learners

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................3
Contemporary approaches for the communication and learning of diverse learner....................3
Teaching strategies that support the cultural languages..............................................................5
Importance of diverse learning for the children...........................................................................6
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................7
REFRENCES...................................................................................................................................8

INTRODUCTION
Language is an essential part of any learning that led the learner to access the various
academic texts and understand them effectively ion order to enhance their knowledge. So it is
vital that the teachers or lecturer have command over their language, interpersonal
communication skill as well as literacy development (Elfers and Stritikus, 2014). As the most
diverse group within Australia is of children and it is not necessary that all of them have
command over the similar language that is English. Thus, the teachers plays abundant role where
they make immense effort to develop the literacy and language of diverse learner. This report
cover topics like contemporary approaches used for teaching language, literacy as well as
communication for diverse learner. Determine the teaching strategies which are required to
support the children's cultural language. Further, determine the importance of diverse learner on
the language learning of all children are covered in this report.
MAIN BODY
Contemporary approaches for the communication and learning for diverse learner
Initially, it was not possible for the learner as well as educator to offer the different ways
by which they can generate the different methods or best possible manner to extend the
interaction with global communities as well. But in the 21st century contemporary approach is
used where with the help of technology the children can enhance their language and learning
ability effectively. As the contemporary society is embedded with global engagement as well as
international interdependency so technology offers the base on the basis of which communities
can access or exploit their knowledge effectively. Thus, advancement of Information and
communication technology has even significantly changed the education system of Australia and
many others countries (Fang, 2014). Hence, some of the contemporary approaches are defined
below:
Active learning: This is an interesting approach that is used by the teacher to reach out
different students of the classroom. These activity include the games, simulation, drama session
as well as partner work. It offer the great opportunity where everyone collaborate with each other
effectively and make effort to understand one another successfully. Application of such strategy
engages the children and help them to understand the language by concentrating the instructions

suitably. Therefore, this create a healthy environment where acceptance is given to each and
every student irrespective of their culture, background or family.
Digital literacy: This platform is effectively used by the local as well as global
communities as every one can access the topic of their interest via online media. This has
generated huge engagement as it offer the arena where each and every children can enhance their
language effectively so that they can easily understand and converse with each other (Genishi
and Dyson, 2015). Like, it carriers the creative images which is mostly explored by children as
they are eye catching and carries relevant information. The main advantage associated with it is
that the information can be generated with the help of various mediums like video, text, graphics,
sound and so on.
Tools and services: Contemporary approach which depends more on technology offer
necessary tools and system to the teachers as well as students. Like, teachers can take the
initiative to target the huge students by delivering their content via digital platform. This enable
them to look for various ways on the basis of which they can self develop their skill so that they
easily communicate with huge public at a time. Further, constructive feedback and support of
diverse students can facilitate the teachers to constantly enhance their skill and facilitate better
communication. Therefore, this is even a useful practice for student as they get wider options on
the basis of which learner can gain the most suitable resource to enrich their knowledge.
Online content: The local authority of Australia has collaborated with New Zealand with
the motive to ensure that both of them supply the high quality content which are being accessed
by the student. Along with that the online curriculum resources are integrated with the
assessment practice of teachers. Thus, it help to maximise the learning of teachers so that they
can perfectly delivers their lectures and students as they get the guidance on the basis of which
they can practice the lectures at their respective places.
Learning spaces: The contemporary approach provide huge amount of flexibility as
other than school the student gets the learning space where they can go outside the boundaries
and look for different online sources to improve their existing knowledge. Thus, they can
connect as well as access the different sources at anytime by forming a community of teachers as
well as children.
Therefore, ICT is a contemporary part of an education that plays an effective role within
teaching as well as learning because it articulate the vision and provide suitable direction by

allocating different resources effectively. Thus, it provide the strategic direction to the learning
and teaching part.
Teaching strategies that support the cultural languages
Teaching strategies are basically used to determine the best possible way by which
effective education can be serve to the diverse population (Grabe and Kaplan, 2014). As the
diverse learner includes the student who ethnically, racially and culturally belong to different
family background. Along with that they come up from different family backgrounds and social
class due to which it is vital to for the teachers to build the strategies. Thus, some of the
strategies are defined below:
Collaborate: This is again the crucial strategic that include the co-teaching model that
assist the diverse children to groom their language and literacy development. Here the teacher
collaborate with students and conduct various interaction sessions which act a practice that help
to create synergy and develop the student suitably (Powell and Powell, 2015). Additionally, the
teacher interact with the parents so that they can together create a curriculum that support the
learner and assist them to grow and develop effectively.
Embrace diversity: The environment that support the diverse culture and ethnicity act a
a significant source where each and every learner learn and explore more. Rather than
considering it as a problem the student as well as educator can together create a positive
surrounding where every one share their knowledge and grab the language and skill effectively.
There are various educational institution of Australia that welcome diverse population,
immigrants and conduct student exchange programme. This help the learner to explore the
language, culture, eating habits, literature, music, art of local residents. Hence, the student that
are the part of diverse culture are more competitive along with that the teacher successfully
promote the cross cultural and critical thinking ability.
Offer literacy material: As there are both oral and written medium of communication so
the educator need to provide print medium as well. This help the student to gain the better clarity
as if they miss out any vital point due to external disturbance like noise so they can recollect or
revise the same topic via learning material (Gunderson, 2017). Thus, this help the diverse
population to improve their reading, writing, speaking and listening skill.
Proficient knowledge over subject and language: The institution that support the
diverse culture or diverse student need to offer the training to the teacher so that they can use the

best possible method to collaborate the each and every children of class irrespective of their
status or regional language (Moje, 2015). Thus, for this the educator need to have the ability to
communicate either in bilingualism or multilingualism languages. Such ability act as a crucial
strategy on the basis of which instructor can reach out every student and can make effort to
embrace the knowledge of diverse students.
Importance of diverse learning for the children
Diversity within the classroom includes the student with different status, gender, race,
ethnicity and so on. Promoting such kind of diversity maximises the educational success as well
as academic achievement by working on their language as well as develop literacy. Thus, there
are several type of advantage of diverse learning that is defined below:
Prepare the students not only for a region but for global economy: With the help of
globalisation there are various large companies that function worldwide (Khong and Saito,
2014). So diverse teaching method helps the students to expose different social group, languages
and culture which enhances teacher's and students learning environment.
Build confidence: On the basis of various research it has been examined that students
who are the part of diverse education system are more confident as they support the environment
where everyone become comfortable with each other. It promote the cross culture where the
learner gain deep understanding of the subject and diverse knowledge.
Enhances the student's achievement: Diversity improves the achievement of students
in different field as it allow the area where student can concentrate on their performances and
make effort to improve it. Along with that the teachers uses multilingualism languages and
thoroughly plan the lectures which finally promote in-depth knowledge amongst the learner.
Foster creativity: The collaborative group of diverse students and teachers effectively
work with each other that encourages them to promote the creativity and solve the problem
effectively. This is a suitable tool that generate different perspective and idea which are
considered in order to improve the knowledge (Larson and Marsh, 2014). Further, it assist the
student to explore diverse experiences that create affirmative impact in the society due to large
learning opportunities for diverse children.
Personalised learning: In case of diverse learning mostly the teachers take the initiative
to interact with family member of the children in order to understand their background and
together they land up into the common decision that how they can develop the language and

literacy of each students. Such warm and nurturing environment leads to the positive result. As
the young students gains the environment support due to which they can successfully enhance
their confidence, learn different languages and concentrate in their work significantly (Scarino,
2014).
CONCLUSION
From the above report it has been determined that diversity within classroom help the
children to develop multilingualism language and improve their knowledge by exploring the
supporting environment. As teachers plays vital role so they put immense effort to deliver their
lectures by using different sources like text and graphical images so that they can easily convey
the information. Along with that face to face interaction session with the students and parents
helps to create deep understand on the basis of which student can develop their literacy and
communication skill. Therefore, there are various tools and technology on the basis of which
student can enrich their skill effectively.

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