ETL713 - Learning Global English in Diverse Social Contexts

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: Michiko Weinmann
Prerequisite:

Nil

Corequisite:Nil
Incompatible with:

ECL773

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 independent and collaborative learning activities including weekly engagement with materials and responses in discussion forums

Note:

Study school program at Burwood (Melbourne) campus, for online enrolled students subject to demand

Campus based version subject to demand

Content

This unit aims to help students understand the local and global context in which their learners study the English language and to address questions relating to how social contexts influence language learners and learning.

Topics to be addressed in this unit include: the nature of power relationships and the global use of English and their interaction with class, gender, race and ethnicity; the concepts of identity, globalisation, class, gender, race and ethnicity particularly in relation to education and work and their meaning in terms of personal and classroom experience; the nature of culture and the concepts of cultural change, ideology and schooling; awareness of learners - cultures and/or the target culture; what questions about culture do teachers have, and what do teachers do with cultural information when they have it?; immigration policies globally and their impact on individuals, groups and society; institutional responses to immigration and bilingualism; Language planning and language policy; and presuppositions of one's own culture and its effects on life and work in a multicultural society.

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

Describe the range and variety of cultural and social influences on the learning and teaching of language in both formal and informal settings, and consider the implications of these influences for language teaching in Australia and overseas

GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities

GLO8: Global citizenship

ULO2

Understand the global role of English and the implications of this for its pragmatics, linguistic forms and use

GLO2: Communication

ULO3

Appraise the dynamics of class, gender and race in relation to the expectations and outcomes of language education

GLO4: Critical thinking

ULO4

Use the concept of power to analyse what shapes language education

GLO5: Problem solving

ULO5

Relate the process of developing language policy to the language teaching policy in the country in which you teach

GLO3: Digital literacy

GLO8: Global citizenship

ULO6

Reflect on the social features of language, gender, race, ethnicity as they relate to learners and teachers of language in specific contexts, and outline the connection between language, thought and culture

GLO4: Critical thinking

GLO5: Problem solving

GLO6: Self-management

Assessment

Assessment Description Student output Grading and weighting
(% total mark for unit)
Indicative due week
Assessment 1 - Learning log, topics 1-2 1250 words 25% Week 6
Assessment 2 - Essay 2250 words 45% Week 10
Assessment 3 - Learning log, topics 3-9 1500 words 30% 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: ETL713 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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