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EDUP3041: TESOL in Practice
2024 unit information
TESOL in Practice explores teaching across the curriculum that includes the needs of students from English as an additional language or dialect (EALD) backgrounds. The unit of study provides you with both a foundation and a framework for the successful teaching of English as an additional language in a mainstream classroom. You will be encouraged to build on what you are discovering about the development of literacy in English 1 K-6 and how you may build on this knowledge and make decisions about an appropriate pedagogy for supporting students learning English as an additional language or dialect.
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Managing faculty or University school:
Education
| Code | EDUP3041 |
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| Academic unit | Education |
| Credit points | 6 |
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Prerequisites:
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36 credit points of 2000-level EDUP-coded units |
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Corequisites:
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None |
| Prohibitions:
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None |
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None |
At the completion of this unit, you should be able to:
- LO1. Demonstrate knowledge of current educational theory, research and curriculum documents as they relate to teaching EAL/D students.
- LO2. Design a variety of oral language and literacy tasks that promote English language development in the context of linguistically diverse classrooms (these tasks are designed in particular to meet the language and learning needs of students learning English as an additional language and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island students)
- LO3. Design staged sequences of learning from a sociocultural perspective that emphasise challenge, engagement, assisted performance and handover in the context of linguistically and culturally diverse classrooms
- LO4. Develop an intercultural competence to include teaching methods and materials that celebrate diversity.
- LO5. Identify and assess student learning needs demonstrated in the selection of appropriate strategies and the development of materials.
- LO6. Reflect on and integrate the appropriate use of digital technologies to enhance children's knowledge and development of English.
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