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EDSE3047: Teaching Languages 1A
2024 unit information
This unit of study is the initial Languages Curriculum (method) unit for prospective secondary languages teachers. The unit is designed to introduce pre-service languages teachers to key concepts and understandings of languages education and build their awareness and skills in preparation for NSW secondary classrooms. Students will gain broad understandings about the nature and scope of languages education in the NSW context, about traditional and more contemporary and innovative classroom practices and particular aspects of policy and NESA documentation.
Unit details and rules
Managing faculty or University school:
Education
| Code | EDSE3047 |
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| Academic unit | Education |
| Credit points | 6 |
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Prerequisites:
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72 credit points, including (EDSE2001 or EDHP2001) and 12 credit points at 2000-level from one of (Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Hebrew, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Modern Greek, Spanish) |
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Corequisites:
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None |
| Prohibitions:
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None |
| Assumed knowledge:
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None |
At the completion of this unit, you should be able to:
- LO1. demonstrate knowledge of current and past state, national and international trends in language planning, policy and implementation as well as developments in language education methodology, also demonstrating research-based knowledge of the intercultural pedagogies of contemporary Australian language education and a capacity to reflect critically on and improve teaching practice
- LO2. demonstrate an awareness of the links to L1 literacy development through L2 learning, general theories of second language acquisition along with lesson planning skills, specifically a capacity to identify and articulate clear and appropriate learning goals in lesson preparation, the capacity to select and organise subject/content in logical, sequential and structured ways to address student learning outcomes, and a knowledge of a range of appropriate and engaging resources and materials to support students' learning for a group of learners from differing social, ethnic, cultural and religious backgrounds
- LO3. demonstrate a general awareness about the roles and responsibilities of being a language teacher, and the responsibility of undertaking continued professional development in maintaining skills and proficiencies in the target language, particularly in regard to the language teachers' professional association's (Australian Federation of Modern Language Teachers Association's) "Professional Standards for Accomplished Teaching of Languages and Cultures (2005)", a capacity to reflect critically on and improve teaching practice, a knowledge of the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers and its impact on the professional life of a teacher, and a knowledge of the available professional development opportunities and the importance of personal planning to ongoing professional growth and research.
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