Postgraduate Handbook 2007

Faculty of Education

Graduate and Postgraduate Diplomas

Graduate Diploma in LOTE Teaching – Melbourne (Bundoora) (RGEL)

Course brochure

This is an advanced professional qualification for teachers of languages other than English (LOTE). Graduates with appropriate initial teaching qualifications are qualified for employment in all LOTE teaching sectors. Students undertake a 22-day teaching practicum as part of the program.

Duration

This course is one year full-time or two to three years part-time.

Admission requirements

Applicants should normally have a recognised teaching qualification of at least four years’ duration with either three years of university study of the LOTE, graduating at advanced level, or native speaker background.

Course structure

This course has a total of 120 credit points.

Plus three of the following:

Or language upgrading studies in another department or school or a unit from the Graduate Diploma, Master of Applied Linguistics or Master of Education listing.

Key: 1 Not available in 2007.

A full description of units, including the unit name, unit code, credit points, campus/location, unit coordinator, class requirements, assessment, prerequisites and readings, appears at the end of this chapter. For the most recent descriptions of units students should access the unit database at www.latrobe.edu.au/udb_public