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EDUP4068: TESOL (A) Special Course
2023 unit information
The goal of this unit of study (UOS) is to provide students with both a foundation and a framework for the effective teaching of English as an additional language both within the context of small group teaching (either in class or pull-out) and culturally and linguistically diverse primary classrooms. The course will assist you to problem solve and make decisions about appropriate group / class strategies through the curriculum in the broad areas of speaking, listening, reading/viewing, and writing. The decisions you make will be based upon the integration of current second language acquisition (SLA) theory and more recent theoretical approaches that will lead to a socioculturally informed pedagogy. The second part of this course is in Semester 2 and will continue to extend your understandings within the field. The UOS will include a substantial focus on grammar and how to use grammatical knowledge to both design effective lessons and assess children's strengths and areas of need. There will also be a component in this UOS that looks specifically at the needs of beginners as well as children of refugee parents. Please note that this course does not provide you with formal TESOL qualifications.
Unit details and rules
Managing faculty or University school:
Education
| Code | EDUP4068 |
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| Academic unit | Education |
| Credit points | 4 |
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Prerequisites:
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138 credit points |
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Corequisites:
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None |
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None |
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At the completion of this unit, you should be able to:
- LO1. demonstrate and implement knowledge of current educational theory, research and curriculum documents as they relate to teaching EAL/D students.
- LO2. demonstrate knowledge of teaching strategies that are responsive to the learning strengths and needs of students from diverse linguistic, cultural, religious and socioeconomic backgrounds.
- LO3. analyse and assess the language of bilingual children using diagnostic material to determine their strengths and areas of need.
- LO4. Understand the linguistic elements of English to explicitly teach into areas of need.
- LO5. Design and implement pedagogic practices that scaffold language learning in engaging ways.
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