| Semester 2, 2023 Online | |
| Units : | 1 |
| School or Department : | School of Education |
| Grading basis : | Graded |
| Course fee schedule : | /current-students/administration/fees/fee-schedules |
Staffing
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Overview
There is a demand for learners to have a solid foundation in Languages to meet the needs of citizens in an international society and globalised world and contribute to intercultural competence. Languages are multi-faceted, including knowing, doing, thinking and communicating. Languages curiosity begins early in life, and as parents and teachers nurture this curiosity across the curriculum, they help shape and develop students skills to enable them to investigate in more complex ways into the communicating world in which they live. Teachers need to be able to demonstrate that Language and intercultural awareness are connected across different fields and to everyday life among younger and older people alike.
Pre-service teachers require a deeper focus in a particular subject, in addition to the general knowledge and teaching skills that are required across the range of curriculum areas. This course supports the development of additional depth of understanding in Languages as a curriculum specialisation. The focus of this course is designed to assess the language content knowledge and pedagogical content knowledge, which are required for teachers to be equipped with a curriculum specialisation in Languages.
Course learning outcomes
On completion of this course students should be able to:
- develop knowledge of teaching strategies that are responsive to the socio-linguistic needs of students from diverse linguistic and cultural backgrounds (APST 1.2, 3.3);
- develop knowledge and understanding of language and of language learning and teaching that is relevant to the Australian Curriculum (APST 2.1);
- design teaching strategies that apply to languages that connect to other learning areas by selecting and implementing a range of Literacy, Numeracy and ICT resources (APST 2.5, 2.6);
- select and evaluate a range of resources that engage students in learning languages (APST 3.4);
- demonstrate advanced cognitive, literacy and communication skills, including spelling, grammar, punctuation and APA referencing.
Topics
| Description | Weighting(%) | |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Nature of Languages and the Australian Curriculum | 15.00 |
| 2. | Investigating constructivist approaches to Communicative Language Teaching | 15.00 |
| 3. | Investigating intercultural competence | 10.00 |
| 4. | Investigating communicative competence | 5.00 |
| 5. | Investigating language at basic to intermediate user level | 20.00 |
| 6. | Reflecting on language and its cultural competence | 15.00 |
| 7. | The process of implementing the Australian Curriculum Languages | 20.00 |
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Student workload expectations
To do well in this subject, students are expected to commit approximately 10 hours per week including class contact hours, independent study, and all assessment tasks. If you are undertaking additional activities, which may include placements and residential schools, the weekly workload hours may vary.
Assessment details
| Description | Group Assessment |
Weighting (%) | Course learning outcomes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Journal | No | 30 | 1,2,5 |
| Online forums 1 | No | 20 | 1,2,3,4,5 |
| Online forums 2 | No | 10 | 1,2,3,4,5 |
| Planning document | No | 40 | 1,2,3,4,5 |