INTRODUCTION TO LANGUAGE TEACHING

EDU4ILT

2020

Credit points: 15

Subject outline

Students are introduced to the principles that inform the teaching of English to speakers of other languages in primary, post-primary and adult teaching contexts. They examine the principles and resources used in second, foreign and minority language teaching, and develop skills in planning, implementing and evaluating lessons. They also explore issues related to program design, including needs analysis, frameworks for the development of curriculum, assessment frameworks and procedures, and approaches to syllabus design. The teaching contexts of both local and overseas students, including teaching English as a second and as a foreign language are addressed.

School: Education (Pre 2022)

Credit points: 15

Subject Co-ordinator: Shem Macdonald

Available to Study Abroad/Exchange Students: Yes

Subject year level: Year Level 4 - UG/Hons/1st Yr PG

Exchange Students: No

Available as Elective: No

Learning Activities: N/A

Capstone subject: No

Subject particulars

Subject rules

Prerequisites: Admitted into EMALC or EDMEC or EDMELC or RMSE or EMTSC

Co-requisites: N/A

Incompatible subjects: N/A

Equivalent subjects: N/A

Quota Management Strategy: N/A

Quota-conditions or rules: N/A

Special conditions: N/A

Minimum credit point requirement: N/A

Assumed knowledge: N/A

Learning resources

Teaching and learning languages: a guide.

Resource Type: Book

Resource Requirement: Recommended

Author: Scarino, A. & Liddicoat, A.

Year: 2009

Edition/Volume: N/A

Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

ISBN: N/A

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Scaffolding language, Scaffolding learning: teaching second language learners in the mainstream classroom

Resource Type: Book

Resource Requirement: Recommended

Author: Gibbons, P.

Year: 2015

Edition/Volume: 2nd Ed

Publisher: Heineman

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Career Ready

Career-focused: No

Work-based learning: No

Self sourced or Uni sourced: N/A

Entire subject or partial subject: N/A

Total hours/days required: N/A

Location of WBL activity (region): N/A

WBL addtional requirements: N/A

Graduate capabilities & intended learning outcomes

Graduate Capabilities

DISCIPLINE KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS

Intended Learning Outcomes

01. Engage in critical and reflexive thinking as professionals and community members

02. Engage with current issues in the social, political and economic context of language learning, especially as they pertain to student's professional lives

03. Demonstrate an awareness of the world and the interdependence of local and global contexts and the environments in which we live and work

04. Underpin practical skills with relevant theoretical concepts

05. Work effectively and respectfully with others to negotiate understanding of complex professional tasks and appropriate practical actions

Melbourne (Bundoora), 2020, Week 10-14, Day

Overview

Online enrolment: Yes

Maximum enrolment size: N/A

Enrolment information: N/A

Subject Instance Co-ordinator: Shem Macdonald

Class requirements

Lecture/SeminarWeek: 11 - 13
Five 5.00 hours lecture/seminar per study period on weekdays during the day from week 11 to week 13 and delivered via face-to-face.
Classes to be held 9/3, 12/3, 16/3, 19/3 and 23/3.

Assessments

Assessment element	Comments	Category	Contribution	Hurdle	%	ILO*
Planning and teaching a language lesson (3000-words equivalent)	N/A	N/A	N/A	No	60	SILO1, SILO2, SILO3, SILO4, SILO5
Written reflection on language learning and teaching (2000-words equivalent)	N/A	N/A	N/A	No	40	SILO1, SILO2, SILO3, SILO4, SILO5