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EDUP4008: Primary Languages B
2026 unit information
This unit of study allows students to continue their understandings of how best to deliver a languages program in a primary school context. Through an examination of intercultural languages education theory, and the syllabus directives as regards planning to use ICT as a vehicle for lesson delivery as well as a tool for teacher student teaching/learning, students will continue to focus on what is required for establishing and sustaining a primary languages program.
Unit details and rules
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Arts and Social Sciences
| Study level | Undergraduate |
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| Academic unit | Education |
| Credit points | 4 |
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Prerequisites:
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170 credit points including EDUP4007 |
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Corequisites:
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None |
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None |
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None |
At the completion of this unit, you should be able to:
- LO1. demonstrate an ability to choose suitable age- and learning-level appropriate reading material in the target language for a Stage 2 or 3 learner group as well as designing suitable learning tasks for the learner group to engage inter culturally with the language in the reading material
- LO2. demonstrate an ability to design suitable assessment tasks related to the aforementioned reading material and how teachers can plan to capture intercultural learning
- LO3. demonstrate an awareness of the characteristics of accomplished teaching of languages and language programs in NSW primary schools, and wider community's (especially parents') perception about the teaching and learning of additional languages in the NSW primary school curriculum.
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| Session | MoA ? | Location | Outline ? |
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Semester 2 2026
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Normal day | Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney |
Outline unavailable
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