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EDSE4031: Teaching Languages 3B
2024 unit information
This unit is designed for pre-service language teachers continuing with their curriculum method study in an additional target language. The unit will continue to build pre-service language teachers' awareness, skills and understandings in languages education, and introduce them to various aspects of research within the languages education arena. 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
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Education
| Code | EDSE4031 |
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| Academic unit | Education |
| Credit points | 6 |
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Prerequisites:
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120 credit points of units, including EDSE3071 |
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Corequisites:
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EDSE4030 |
| 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 a capacity to communicate with Stage 6 parents and caregives through a series of -parent newsletter/bulletins for languages, outlining to parents what is expected for and of Stage 6 students, their learning and rationale for that learning (theory links), as well as handy tips on learning and materials/resources, the importance of home-school links and processes of reporting and providing feedback to stage 6 learners
- LO2. demonstrate an ability to design a 4-6 week unit of work for a language class for the additional language, including accompanying required materials, identifying and articulating clear and appropriate learning goals in unit scoping, selection of content in logical sequence, knowledge and choice of suitable learning/teaching materials, a range of assessment strategies, the link between assessment and outcomes, a rationale and strategy for keeping student learning records, and knowledge of the way teachers can use student results to plan later teaching
- LO3. demonstrate the ability to design and produce and show knowledge of a range of multi-modal resources that engage students in their languages learning.
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