LANGUAGE ACROSS THE CURRICULUM (LAC)

Unit I: LANGUAGE AND COMMUNICATION

• Language as a tool of Communication
• Language Diversity in the context of India
• Socio-cultural Variations in Languages: Accents and Linguistic Variations

Unit II: ACQUISITION OF LANGUAGE SKILLS

• Acquisition of the Four Language Skills
• Emergent Literacy: Meaning and Implications

Unit-III: DEVELOPMENT OF LANGUAGE

• Human and Animal Communication
• Perspectives in Language Development (with reference to how children acquire language at early age): Skinner, Bandura and Walters and Nativist Chomskian Perspective
• Relationship of Language and Society: Identity, Power and Discrimination.

Unit IV: LANGUAGE AND CURRICULUM TRANSACTION

• Bilingual or Trilingual Children: Implications for teachers
• Multilingual Classroom: Challenges and Strategies to Cater to Diversity
• Nature of Multilingualism

Deepti Rawat

Deepti Rawat is an educationist currently working as a Principal in a CBSE Senior Secondary School at Delhi NCR. Experienced educationist with a demonstrated history of working in the education management industry. Skilled in innovative techniques of educational development, Research Projects, Classroom Management, Lesson Planning, Educational Technology, curriculum development and Teacher Training. Strong administrative professional with experience in teaching Teacher Training Institutes and college. She holds Master degree in Environment Science, English Literature, Education and PhD in Education from Kurukshetra University.

Subject Covers:-

• Language as a tool of Communication
• Language Diversity in the context of India
• Acquisition of the Four Language Skills
• Emergent Literacy: Meaning and Implications
• Human and Animal Communication
• Nature of Multilingualism
• Bilingual or Trilingual Children: Implications for teachers

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