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2022 unit information
Unit delivery will be in line with the most current COVIDSafe health guidelines. We continue to tailor learning experiences for each unit to achieve the best possible mix of online and on-campus activities that successfully blend our approaches to learning, working and research. Please check your unit sites for announcements and updates.
Last updated: 4 March 2022
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ECL752, ESJ760
Students will on average spend 150-hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit.
Online learning experiences are via CloudDeakin and comprise independent and collaborative learning activities including weekly engagement with materials and responses in discussion forums.
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.
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
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
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
GLO5: Problem solving
GLO8: Global citizenship
Critically reflect on anevolving theory of language learning and teaching and apply this to curriculum knowledge and practice
GLO6: Self-management
These Unit Learning Outcomes are applicable for all teaching periods throughout the year
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.
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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