ECL761 - Teaching English: Middle Years
| Year: | 2026 unit information |
|---|---|
| Enrolment modes: | Trimester 1: Burwood (Melbourne), Online |
| Credit point(s): | 1 |
| EFTSL value: | 0.125 |
| Cohort rule: | This unit is only available to students enrolled in D303, E377, E762, E763, E765, E779 |
| Prerequisite: | D303 students: must have passed 24 credit points of study at levels 1, 2 & 3 with a minimum WAM of 60% E763.3 or E765 students: EEE754 plus 1 unit from EEE755, EEE756, EPR721, EPR731, EPR751, EPR781 |
| Corequisite: | E762 course students must be enrolled in co-req unit EPR724 or EPR784 E765 course students must be enrolled in co-req unit EPR754 or EPR784 |
| Incompatible with: | Nil |
| Study commitment: | Students will on average spend 150-hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit. |
| Scheduled learning activities - campus: | 1 x 1-hour lecture per week 1 x 2-hour seminar per week |
| Scheduled learning activities - online: | 1 x 1-hour online lecture per week 1 x 2-hour online seminar per week |
| In-person attendance requirements: | Students who are completing professional experience (placements) are not required to attend lectures or scheduled synchronous sessions during their professional experience (placement). For the most up-to-date advice regarding your professional experience (placement) please see here. |
Content
This unit focuses on the practices of being a secondary subject English teacher with a focus on Years 7-10. Underpinned by research, pedagogical approaches, and issues in the teaching of English curriculum are examined. Pre-service teachers learn the art of how to bring the English curriculum to life and create a dialogic classroom where they develop their students’ skills in speaking, listening, reading, viewing, and writing. This learning is set within a framework that invites pre-service teachers into the subject English teaching community, examines English curricular models and historical and current external influences on the English curriculum. Pre-service teachers undertake a detailed study of approaches to sequenced lesson planning in Years 7-10 English; develop agility to adapt these plans in practice; utilise their knowledge of literature studies and linguistics to develop their teaching practices; learn the theory of and practise teaching and crafting writing across genres (including creative, argumentative, persuasive and text response); experience approaches to teaching, reading, analysing and engaging young adults with a variety of texts; and critical thinking, textual framing and intertextuality. Subject specific approaches to assessment and reporting of the wide-ranging requirements of subject English are examined. The field of subject English is set beyond the school and pre-service teachers connect with the state/national subject English teacher association and examine the broader issues impacting subject English curriculum over time. Pre-service teachers develop their identities as subject English teachers and are encouraged to come to an understanding of their own views and beliefs and how they align with the current requirements.
Unit fee information
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