ETL700 - Pedagogy for TESOL and EAL Learners

Unit details

Year:

2024 unit information

Enrolment modes:Trimester 1: Burwood (Melbourne), Online
Credit point(s):1
EFTSL value:0.125
Unit Chair:Trimester 1: Nhung Mai Thi Nguyen
Cohort rule:Nil
Prerequisite:

Nil

Corequisite:Nil
Incompatible with: ECL751, ESJ759
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 - on-campus unit enrolment:

1 x 2-hour seminar per week

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.

4 x 1-hour Blackboard Collaborate sessions for online students

Content

This unit examines EAL and TESOL pedagogies for primary and secondary teachers, the debates and issues which underpin those issues and the development of pedagogies for diverse students in different socio-cultural and institutional contexts in Australia and overseas.

The unit considers approaches and methods related to teaching language form and communication and the ways these can be integrated into programs that include cultural and language awareness and content based teaching for students in diverse contexts.

The unit includes an overview of the ways that students learn languages, the different language, educational and learning experiences that students bring to the classrooms, the engagement of students within language classrooms and within social contexts which are cultured and empowered, Students examine the development of popular methods and approaches; current research and its implications for the teaching of speaking, listening, reading and writing; the development of multi-literacies, approaches for teaching language form, communication and culture, the development of integrated approached for teaching EAL and TESOL and the engagement of that skill and knowledge for different genres of literature.

ULO These are the Learning Outcomes (ULO) for this unit. At the completion of this unit, successful students can: Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes
ULO1

Acquire advanced and specialised knowledge of and the ability to apply the theoretical principles, concepts and methodologies which underpin contemporary approaches to EAL/D pedagogy and practice

GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities

ULO2

Analyse current research and theory and its implication for diverse learners and different contexts

GLO4: Critical thinking

GLO8: Global citizenship

ULO3

Critically assess the implications of current theory and research when applied to the complexity of the language classroom environment; demonstrate knowledge of EAL/D pedagogy and resources

GLO5: Problem solving

ULO4

Construct a comprehensive and informed personal theory of practice for second or foreign language learning and teaching and articulate the ways this can be implemented in educational contexts

GLO2: Communication

GLO6: Self-management

Assessment

Assessment Description Student output Grading and weighting
(% total mark for unit)
Indicative due week
Assessment 1 - Log book 2500 words 50% Week 7
Assessment 2 - Reflective Analysis 2500 words 50% 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: ETL700 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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