ETL704 - Language Curriculum and Assessment
Unit details
| Year: | 2024 unit information |
|---|---|
| Enrolment modes: | Trimester 1: Online Trimester 2: Online |
| Credit point(s): | 1 |
| EFTSL value: | 0.125 |
| Unit Chair: | Trimester 1: Rod Neilsen Trimester 2: Rod Neilsen |
| Cohort rule: | Nil |
| Prerequisite: | Nil |
| Corequisite: | Nil |
| Incompatible with: | ECL752, ESJ760 |
| Typical study commitment: | Students will on average spend 150-hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit. This will include educator guided online learning activities within the unit site. |
| Educator-facilitated (scheduled) learning activities - online unit enrolment: | Online learning experiences are via the unit site and comprise independent and collaborative learning activities including weekly engagement with materials and responses in discussion forums. |
Content
This unit aims to develop students’ understanding of EAL and languages curriculum by enabling them to take on the broader and more complex role of planning, designing and evaluating language programs for particular second language learners and contexts.
The units comprises case studies of innovative approaches to syllabus design and content; it discusses teacher and learner roles in particular political, social and institutional contexts; frameworks for planning curriculum change; planning and teaching language courses online; materials evaluation; and assessment including the role of examinations.
| ULO | These are the Learning Outcomes (ULO) for this unit. At the completion of this unit, successful students can: | Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes |
|---|---|---|
| ULO1 | Critically examine current curriculum and assessment policy in Australia and internationally as it applies to programs of TESOL | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities GLO4: Critical thinking |
| ULO2 | Demonstrate critical understanding of theories and research in second language curriculum when applied to pedagogical and assessment practices in language classrooms and to various language programs, their contexts, and frameworks for syllabus design | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
| ULO3 | Critically analyse curriculum and assessment policy, innovations and syllabus design in second/foreign language education and critique their utility across different socio-cultural and institutional contexts | GLO4: Critical thinking GLO5: Problem solving GLO8: Global citizenship |
| ULO4 | Critically reflect on an evolving theory of language learning and teaching and apply this to curriculum knowledge and practice | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities GLO6: Self-management |
Assessment
| Assessment Description | Student output | Grading and weighting (% total mark for unit) | Indicative due week |
|---|---|---|---|
| Assessment 1 – A report on the development of a unit of work related to a specific curriculum and assessment approach | 3000 words | 60% | Week 6 |
| Assessment 2 – Critical evaluation of a published language test or established language assessment procedure Or an essay on a particular topic relating to curriculum and assessment | 2000 words | 40% | Week 11 |
The assessment due weeks provided may change. The Unit Chair will clarify the exact assessment requirements, including the due date, at the start of the teaching period.
Learning Resource
The texts and reading list for the unit can be found on the University Library via the link below: ETL704 Note: Select the relevant trimester reading list. Please note that a future teaching period's reading list may not be available until a month prior to the start of that teaching period so you may wish to use the relevant trimester's prior year reading list as a guide only.
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