DESIGNING LANGUAGE LEARNING PROGRAMS
EDU5DLP
2019
Credit points: 15
Subject outline
Inthis subject students explore how to shape a language teaching program in waysthat engage critically with specifics of the location, history and purposes ofthat program. Programs from around the world are considered. Key issues in thedevelopment of curriculum for language teaching in diverse program contexts areexplored and related to assessment and reporting of learner languagedevelopment. Students are introduced to basic principles and trends incurriculum and syllabus design from both practical and theoretical perspectives.The relationship of materials, teaching approaches and syllabus to wider issuesof the nature of language and language learning and the cultural positioning ofcurriculum are explored. Students are encouraged to consider issues in andopportunities for transformative program design in relation to their specificcontexts. Some experience of language teaching would be preferable.
School: School of Education
Credit points: 15
Subject Co-ordinator: Shem Macdonald
Available to Study Abroad Students: Yes
Subject year level: Year Level 5 - Masters
Exchange Students: Yes
Subject particulars
Subject rules
Prerequisites: N/A
Co-requisites: N/A
Incompatible subjects: N/A
Equivalent subjects: N/A
Special conditions: N/A
Learning resources
Readings
| Resource Type | Title | Resource Requirement | Author and Year | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Readings | Case studies in language curriculum design: concepts and approaches in action around the world, | Prescribed | Macalister, J. and Nation, I. S. P. (eds) (2011) | ROUTLEDGE |
Graduate capabilities & intended learning outcomes
01. Critically understand key issues in the development of materials and curriculum for language teaching
- Activities:
- Designing language learning programs: how to choose and why
02. Research and apply key issues related to assessment and reporting of learner language development
- Activities:
- Designing language learning programs: context and purpose; Forms and functions in designing language learning programs
03. Synthesise basic principles and trends in materials and syllabus design from both a practical and a theoretical perspective
- Activities:
- What is theory and why is it useful; resources and practices in CLT; Task-based language teaching; Content-based language teaching
04. Apply insights from wider issues of the nature of language and the nature of language learning to the relationships between materials, syllabus and curriculum
- Activities:
- Community connections in language learning and teaching
Melbourne, 2019, Week 14-26, Day
Overview
Online enrolment: Yes
Maximum enrolment size: N/A
Enrolment information:
Subject Instance Co-ordinator: Shem Macdonald
Class requirements
Lecture/WorkshopWeek: 14 - 26
Eight 3.0 hours lecture/workshop per study period on weekdays during the day from week 14 to week 26 and delivered via face-to-face.
Assessments
| Assessment element | Comments | % | ILO* |
|---|---|---|---|
| one 4000-word assignment | 70 | 01, 02, 03, 04 | |
| one Powerpoint presentation (1500-words equivalent) | 30 | 01, 04 |